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Lesser Festivals are a type of observance in the Church of England, considered to be less significant than a Principal Feast, Principal Holy Day, or Festival, but more significant than a Commemoration. Whereas Principal Feasts must be celebrated, it is not obligatory to observe Lesser Festivals. They are always attached to a calendar date, and are not observed if they fall on a Sunday, in Holy Week, or in Easter Week. In Common Worship each Lesser Festival is provided with a collect and an indication of liturgical colour.

Contents 1 Lesser Festivals in the Church of England 1.1 January 1.2 Other examples 2 See also

[edit] Lesser Festivals in the Church of England

[edit] January

• 2 January: Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishops, Teachers of the Faith, 379 and 389
• 12 January: Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167
• 13 January: Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher of the Faith, 367
• 17 January: Antony of Egypt, Hermit, Abbot, 356
• 19 January: Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095
• 21 January: Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304
• 24 January: Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher of the Faith, 1622
• 26 January: Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul
• 28 January: Thomas Aquinas, Priest , Philosopher, Teacher of the Faith, 1274
• 30 January: Charles, King and Martyr, 1649

[edit] Other examples

• 23 February: Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c 155
• 17 March: Patrick, Bishop, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c 460
• 10 April: William Law, Priest, Spiritual Writer, 1761
• 20 May: Alcuin of York, Deacon, Abbot of Tours, 804
• 16 June: Richard, Bishop of Chichester, 1253
• 11 July: Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, Father of Western Monasticism, c 550
• 20 August: Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher of the Faith, 1153
• 13 September: John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher of the Faith, 407
• 4 October: Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226
• 20 November: Edmund, King of the East Angles, Martyr, 870
• 13 December: Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304

• Source: Common Worship - Daily Prayer

[edit] See also

• Principal Feast
• Principal Holy Day
• Festival (Church of England)
• Commemoration (observance)