1928 Book of Common Prayer
The Witness of the Saints
Historical lessons for the sanctoral calendar
Sanctoral Calendar
The Witness of the Saints
Meditations on the saints of the Anglican 1928 BCP calendar — apostles, martyrs, confessors, doctors, and witnesses of the faith — with biographical notes, collects, and reflection questions.
ALL MEDITATIONS · 67 ENTRIES
- ✦Abraham, Moses & the Patriarchs
- ✦St. Aidan of Lindisfarne31 August
- ✦St. Alban, Protomartyr of Britain22 June
- ✦St. Alfred the Great & St. Edward the Confessor13 October & 26 October
- ✦All Saints' Day1 November
- ✦All Souls — Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed2 November
- ✦The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary25 March
- ✦Ss. Anselm & Bernard21 April & 20 August
- ✦Ss. Thomas Aquinas & Bonaventure28 January & 15 July
- ✦The Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ
- ✦Ash Wednesday
- ✦St. Bede the Venerable27 May
- ✦St. Benedict Biscop12 January
- ✦The Blessed Virgin Mary & the Visitation31 May
- ✦Ss. Catherine of Siena & Thomas Becket29 April & 29 December
- ✦Ss. John Chrysostom & Cyril of Alexandria27 January & 27 June
- ✦The Circumcision of Our Lord & Holy Name1 January
- ✦St. Columba of Iona9 June
- ✦Corpus Christi
- ✦Ss. Cranmer, Latimer & Ridley21 March & 16 October
- ✦St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne20 March
- ✦Ss. Cyprian & Athanasius2 May & 16 September
- ✦Ss. John Donne & George Herbert31 March & 27 February
- ✦St. Edwin, King of Northumbria12 October
- ✦Ss. Francis of Assisi & Dominic8 August & 4 October
- ✦St. George of Lydda23 April
- ✦St. Hild of Whitby17 November
- ✦Ss. Hildegard of Bingen & Julian of Norwich8 May & 17 September
- ✦Holy Cross Day14 September
- ✦The Holy Innocents28 December
- ✦Ss. Richard Hooker & Lancelot Andrewes3 November & 25 September
- ✦Ss. Ignatius of Antioch & Polycarp17 October & 23 February
- ✦St. John Damascene4 December
- ✦Ss. Justin Martyr & Irenaeus1 June & 28 June
- ✦Ss. John Keble & Edward Bouverie Pusey29 March & 16 September
- ✦Ss. Thomas Ken & Jeremy Taylor19 March & 13 August
- ✦Lammas Day1 August
- ✦St. Lucy13 December
- ✦St. Mary Magdalene22 July
- ✦Miles Coverdale20 January
- ✦Ss. Thomas More & Lady Jane Grey12 February & 6 July
- ✦The Nativity of St. John the Baptist24 June
- ✦St. Oswald, King & Martyr5 August
- ✦Ss. Ss. Peter & Paul29 June
- ✦Ss. Philip & James1 May
- ✦St. Andrew the Apostle30 November
- ✦St. Barnabas the Apostle11 June
- ✦St. Bartholomew the Apostle24 August
- ✦St. James the Apostle25 July
- ✦St. John the Evangelist27 December
- ✦St. Luke the Evangelist18 October
- ✦St. Mark the Evangelist25 April
- ✦St. Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist21 September
- ✦St. Matthias the Apostle24 February
- ✦St. Michael & All Angels · Michaelmas29 September
- ✦St. Patrick of Ireland17 March
- ✦St. Stephen, Deacon & Martyr26 December
- ✦St. Thomas the Apostle21 December
- ✦Ss. Simon & Jude28 October
- ✦St. Theodore of Tarsus19 September
- ✦Thomas à Kempis24 July
- ✦The Transfiguration of Our Lord6 August
- ✦Trinity Sunday
- ✦Ss. Evelyn Underhill & C.S. Lewis15 June & 22 November
- ✦Ss. Wilberforce & Florence Nightingale30 July & 13 August
- ✦Archbishop William Laud10 January
- ✦William Tyndale, Martyr6 October