The Calendar

FESTIVALS

June

23 Etheldreda, queen, virgin, Abbess of Ely, c.678, founder of Ely Abbey, patron of the diocese of Ely

For pastoral reasons the festival of Saint Etheldreda may be observed on 17th October.

LESSER FESTIVALS and COMMEMORATIONS

(In the following list, † denotes an addition to the Calendar; * denotes a suggested change in status, from Commemoration to Lesser Festival.)

February

 3 Werburga, Abbess of Ely
Commemoration†

13 Ermenilda, Abbess of Ely, c.700
Commemoration†

27 George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633
(student at Cambridge, prebendary of Leighton Bromswold)
Lesser Festival EH

March

17 Withburga, nun, 743(?)
Commemoration†

21 Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Reformation Martyr, 1556
(student at Cambridge)
Lesser Festival EH

24 Walter Hilton of Thurgarton, Augustinian Canon, Mystic, 1396
(student at Cambridge)
Commemoration EH

31 John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631
(student at Cambridge)
Commemoration EH

April

 1 Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1872
(professor at Cambridge)
Commemoration EH

10 William Law, Priest, Spiritual Writer, 1761
(student at Cambridge)
Lesser Festival EH

11 George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878
(student at Cambridge)
Commemoration

24 Ivo, bishop, missionary, c.600
Commemoration†

26 Arthur Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1988
(native of Cambridge, professor at Cambridge)
Commemoration†

June

17 Botolph, monk, 680
Commemoration†

July

 1 John and Henry Venn, Priests, Evangelical Divines, 1813 and 1873
(students at Cambridge)
Commemoration EH

 6 Sexburga, queen, Abbess of Ely, 699
Commemoration†

 6 Thomas More, Scholar, John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Reformation Martyrs, 1535
(students at Cambridge)
Commemoration EH

27 Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher of the Faith, 1901
(professor at Cambridge)
Commemoration

30 William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833
(student at Cambridge)
Lesser Festival EH

31 Germans (Germanus of Auxerre?, bishop, 448)
Commemoration†

31 Neot, monk and hermit, c.877
Commemoration†

August

 1 Peter’s Chains (Peter ad Vincula, or Lammas)
Commemoration†

 7 John Mason Neale, Priest, Hymn Writer, 1866
(student at Cambridge)
Commemoration EH

13 Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith, 1667
(native of Cambridge, student at Cambridge)
Lesser Festival EH

13 Octavia Hill, Social Reformer, 1912
(native of Wisbech)
Lesser Festival*

26 Pandionia, nun, c.904
Commemoration†

September

20 John Coleridge Patteson, First Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1871
(student at Cambridge)
Lesser Festival EH

25 Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626
(formerly Bishop of Ely)
Lesser Festival EH

26 Thomas Clarkson, Deacon, Social Reformer, 1846
(native of Wisbech)
Lesser Festival†

October

 6 William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Reformation Martyr, 1536
(student at Cambridge)
Lesser Festival EH

16 Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London, and Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester, Reformation Martyrs, 1555
(students at Cambridge)
Lesser Festival EH

17 Translation of Etheldreda, 695, 1106, 1252
Commemoration†

For pastoral reasons the Translation of Saint Etheldreda may be observed as a festival, using the material proper to 23rd June.

17 Foundation of the Diocese of Ely, 1109
Commemoration†

19 Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India and Persia, 1812
(student at Cambridge, fellow of St John’s College, curate of Holy Trinity, Cambridge, and Lolworth)
Lesser Festival EH

November

 4 Vigor, Bishop of Bayeux, c.537
Commemoration†

 9 Margery Kempe, Mystic, c.1440
(native of Kings Lynn)
Commemoration EH

13 Charles Simeon, Priest, Evangelical Divine, 1836
(Vicar of Holy Trinity Cambridge, Fellow of King’s College)
Lesser Festival

17 Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200
(lived at Buckden)
Lesser Festival EH

22 Clive Staples Lewis, Spiritual Writer, 1963
(professor at Cambridge)
Commemoration†

December

 4 Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637
Lesser Festival*

 17 Dorothy Leigh Sayers, Spiritual Writer, 1957
(lived at Bluntisham)
Commemoration†

date to be determined

   Wendreda
Commemoration†

In addition to this calendar, an appendix contains brief biographical notes on several other notable historical figures associated with the Diocese of Ely.

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