May 1, 2026

Saints of the Day for May

(L-R) St. Joseph the Worker, the Madonna Incoronata, and St. Joan of Arc 
May is the month the Church dedicates to the Blessed Virgin Mary, setting it apart as a season of particular devotion, when the faithful turn with greater attention to honor her, seek her intercession, and contemplate her role in the mystery of redemption.

• The first Sunday in May is the Feast of Santissimo Crocifisso Padre di Grazia
• The first Sunday in May is the Feast of the Madonna di Setteporte
• The second Sunday in May is the Feast of San Liberato Martire
• The last Saturday of May is the Feast of the Madonna delle Milizie di Scicli
• The Monday following Pentecost Feast of the Madonna Avvocata
• May 1 — Festa dei Serpari — Feast of the Snake Handlers
• May 1 — Feast of St. Joseph the Worker
• May 2 — Feast of Sant’Atanasio il Grande
• May 3 — Feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross
• May 3 — La Festa di I Tri da Cruci — The Feast of the Three Crosses
• May 3 — Feast of the Madonna di Castello
• May 4 — Feast of Beata Sandra Sabattini
• May 4 — Feast of Santa Monica
• May 4 — Feast of San Floriano di Lorch
• May 4 — Novena to Our Lady of Fátima
• May 5 — Feast Day Sant'Angelo Martire
• May 5 — Feast of the Blessed Martyrs of Motril
• May 5 — Feast of San Nunzio Sulprizio
• May 6 — Feast of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
• May 8 — Feast of the Apparition of San Michele Arcangelo
• May 8 — Feast of Blessed Luigi Rabatà
• May 8 — Feast of Sant’Agazio Martire
• May 8 — Traditional May 8th Supplica — Petition to the Virgin of the Rosary of Pompeii
• May 9 — Feast of San Gregorio Nazianzeno
• May 10 — Feast of the Three Saints: Sant'Alfio, San Filadelfo and San Cirino
• May 10 — Feast of San Cataldo
• May 11 — Feast of San Francesco de Geronimo

• May 12 — Feast of San Filippo d’Agira
• May 13 — Feast of the Madonna di Fátima
• May 14 — Feast of San Bonosio
• May 14 — Feast of the Beato Simeon Maria Cardon
• May 15 — Feast of San Liberatore
• May 16 — Feast of St. Simon Stock
• May 17 — Feast of Santa Restituta
• May 17 — Feast of San Pasquale Baylon
• May 18 — Feast of San Venanzio di Camerino, Martire
• May 19 — Feast of Santa Pudenziana di Roma
• May 20 — Feast of San Bernardino da Siena
• May 21 — Feast of the Madonna Della Fontana
• May 21 — Novena to Santa Giovanna d’Arco
• May 21 — Feast of San Costantino il Grande
• May 22 — Feast of Santa Rita da Cascia
• May 23 — Feast of Sant’Eframo di Napoli
• May 23 — Feast of Beata Maria Crocifissa del Divino Amore
• May 24 — Feast of Blessed Mario Vergara
• May 24 — Feast of Santa Maria Ausiliatrice
• May 25 — Feast of San Gregorio VII
• May 26 — Feast of San Filippo Neri
• May 26 — Feast of the Madonna dei Miracoli
• May 27 — Feast of St. Bede the Venerable
• May 28 — Feast of St. Augustine of Canterbury
• May 29 — Feast of Saints Cuono and Conello
• May 29 — Feast of Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi
• May 30 — Feast of Santa Giovanna d’Arco
• May 30 — Sfilata dei Turchi e Festa di San Gerardo La Porta — Parade of the Turks and the Feast of Saint Gerard
• May 30 — Feast of San Ferdinando III, King of Castile and León
• May 31 — Feast of Santa Maria Mater Domini
• May 31 — The Queenship of Mary