Roman Catholic calendar

Traditionally, most people were given names from the Roman Catholic calendar of saints.

The Roman Catholic calendar is thick with feasts of saints, each one a story.

Around these is the old Roman Catholic calendar, which depicts every saint's day with a relic.

His optional memorial in the Roman Catholic calendar of saints is 13 January.

This is Holy Week – the most sacred period in the Roman Catholic calendar.

The original list was the Roman Catholic calendar of saints, but many changes were made to reflect the present-day usage of names.

Her feast day in the current Roman Catholic calendar, together with the other English martyrs, is 4 May.

In the pre-1970 Roman Catholic calendar, with its 56-day Eastertide, red was used during the octave of Pentecost.

In Slovakia, each day of the year corresponds to a personal name (the original list was the Roman Catholic calendar of saints).

(On the modern Roman Catholic calendar, the equivalent dates are August 15 to September 29.)

Feast of the Most Precious Blood (removed from official Roman Catholic calendar since 1969)

Easter, the day on which Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, is one of the holiest days on the Roman Catholic calendar.

Most localities, from the capital of Managua to small rural communities, honor patron saints selected from the Roman Catholic calendar, with annual fiestas.

His feast day is 17 November in the Orthodox (Julian) calendar and 23 February in the Roman Catholic calendar.

It was originally designed to celebrate Befana, the feast of the old fairy, which falls on Jan. 6, Epiphany on the Roman Catholic calendar.

But in the run-up to Easter, it hasn't crushed believers' faith or their determination to celebrate Holy Week — the most sacred period on the Roman Catholic calendar.

Sabado de Gloria is the Latin American version of Holy Saturday, which precedes Easter Sunday on the Roman Catholic calendar.

In the pre-1970 Roman Catholic calendar the octave of Pentecost is included in Eastertide, which thus ends at None of the following Ember Saturday.

This, according to the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints, was the feast day of Saint Bernardino of Siena, and they named the valley in his honor.

Pope John Paul II today opened the holiest week on the Roman Catholic calendar with a spectacular outdoor mass set amid the high-rise buildings of the Argentine capital.

She was canonised in 1671 - the first American-born saint of the Roman Catholic Calendar - and was named principal patron of South America and the Philippines.

The Vatican granted a special dispensation to hold a Mass on Good Friday, the only day on the Roman Catholic calendar on which Mass is not normally celebrated.

In the Roman Catholic calendar, Nov. 2 is a holiday commemorated in many parts of the world, including English-speaking countries, where it is known as All Souls' Day.

Opponents to the Edvige database have called for a day of demonstrations on Oct. 16, which is Saint Edwige's day in the Roman Catholic calendar used in France.

Indeed, for some Anglicans and others converted to Orthodox Christianity, this use of the Roman Catholic calendar might be a useful and convenient bridge for them as they approach Orthodoxy.