Saints of 1 November
The feast, the saints of the day, and the Roman Martyrology for 1 November.
Feasts in 2026
Sunday 1 November 2026.
- Ordinary Form: All Saints. Solemnity, white. Also kept: 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time.
- 1962 calendar: All Saints. First class, white.
Feasts that depend on the date of Easter fall on a different day each year.
Saints of the day
- All Saints. The whole company of heaven, known and unknown.
Roman Martyrology
The Festival of All Saints
The Festival of All Saints, which pope Boniface IV., after the dedication of the Pantheon, ordained to be kept generally and solemnly every year, in the city of Rome, in honor of the blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and of the holy martyrs. It was afterwards decreed by Gregory IV. that this feast, which was then celebrated in many dioceses, but at different times, should be on this day perpetually and solemnly kept by the whole Church in honor of all the Saints.
St Caesarius of Terracina
At Terracina, in Campania, the birthday of St. Caesarius, deacon, who was for many days detained in prison, afterwards put into a sack with St. Julian, priest, and then precipitated into the sea.
St Benignus of Dijon
At Dijon, St. Benignus, a priest, who was sent to France by blessed Polycarp to preach the Gospel. After he had been subjected to many most grievous torments, by the judge Terentius, under the emperor Marcus Aurelius, he was finally condemned to have his neck struck with an iron bar and his body pierced with a lance.
St Mary, servant and martyr
The same day, St. Mary, handmaid. Accused of professing 22 the Christian religion, in the time of the emperor Adrian, she was subjected to cruel scourging, to torture on the rack, and the lacerating of her body with iron hooks, and thus completed her martyrdom.
Ss. Caesarius, Dacius
At Damascus, the martyrdom of the Saints Caesarius, Dacius and five others.
Ss. John and James (Persia)
In Persia, under king Sapor, the holy martyrs John, bishop, and James, priest.
Ss. Cyrenia and Juliana
At Tarsus, the Saints Cyrenia and Juliana, under the emperor Maximian.
St Austremonius of Clermont
At Clermont, in Auvergne, St. Austremonius, first bishop of that city.
St Marcellus of Paris
At Paris, the decease of St. Marcellus, bishop.
St Vigor of Bayeux
At Bayeux, St. Vigor, bishop, in the time of Childebert, king of the Franks.
St Severin of Tivoli
At Tivoli, St. Severin, monk.
St Maturin of Gatinais
In Gatinais, St. Maturin, confessor.
From the 1916 English edition of the Roman Martyrology, which is in the public domain. Saints canonised since then are added with a short note.
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