I have a very curious old calendar of 1483; in it the saints’ days are veritable red-letter days. Many of the saints named are unknown to us either by name or legend, but in court rolls only the principal saints’ days are mentioned as those on which the court sat. Some months seem to have been more favoured with saints’ days than others. The following list, though by no means complete, gives the chief English saints: _January._ 1. Circumcisio Domini. 13. St. Veronica. 13. St. Hilary. 25. Conversion of St. Paul. _February._ 1. St. Bride, or Bridget. 2. Purification of the Virgin, or Candlemas Day. 24. St. Matthias the Apostle. _March._ 1. St. David. 2. St. Chad. 4. St. Lucius, Pope and Martyr, A.D. 253. 14. St. Benet, or Benedict. 18. St. Edward. 19. St. Joseph, the Virgin’s husband. 20. St. Cuthbert. 25. Annunciation of the Virgin. Lady-Day. _April._ 23. St. George. 25. St. Mark the Evangelist. _May._ 1. St. Philip and St. James the Less, Apostles. 2. St. Athanasius. 3. Invention (or discovery) of the Holy Cross. 5. St. Hilary, Bishop of Arles. The two saints of this name are confusing, but this St. Hilary is rarely mentioned in English documents. 26. St. Augustine. _June._ 11. St. Barnabas, Apostle. 13. St. Anthony of Padua. 22. St. Alban. 24. Nativity of St. John the Baptist. Midsummer Day. 29. Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles. 30. St. Paul, Apostle. _July._ 2. Visitation of the Blessed Virgin. 15. St. Swithin. 22. St. Mary Magdalen. 25. St. James the Great, Apostle. 25. St. Christopher. Lammastide. _August._ 1. St. Peter ad Vincula, or St. Peter in chains. 5. St. Oswald. 6. The Transfiguration of our Lord. 15. The Assumption of the Virgin. 21. St. Bernard. 24. St. Bartholomew, Apostle. 28. St. Austin, or Augustine. 29. Beheading of St. John the Baptist. _September._ 1. St. Egidius, or Giles. 8. The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin. 14. Exaltation of the Holy Cross. 21. St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. 29. St. Michael and All Angels. Michaelmas. _October._ 4. St. Francis of Assisi. 9. St. Denis, or Dionysius of Paris. 17. St. Audry, or Etheldreda. 18. St. Luke the Evangelist. 21. St. Ursula, and 11,000 virgins. 25. St. Crispin. 28. St. Simon the Canaanite, Apostle. _November._