Calendar of Catholic saint feast days

Throughout history the Roman Catholic Church has declared feast days to commemorate its canonized saints—holy persons who are believed to have had a special relationship to the sacred as well as moral perfection or exceptional teaching abilities. A feast day usually involves venerating a saint during mass, and it typically falls on the saint’s death date, though the church may assign it on the anniversary of another important event in a saint’s life, such as an ordination or election to...