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St. John of the Cross OCD (Spanish: Juan de la Cruz; ... When his feast day was added to the General Roman Calendar in 1738, it was assigned to 24 November, ...
St. John of the Cross OCD (Spanish: Juan de la Cruz; Latin: Ioannes a Cruce; born Juan de Yepes y Álvarez; 24 June 1542 – 14 December 1591) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest, Christian mystic, and Carmelite friar of Converso ancestry.
However, the earliest recorded commemoration of 14 September as the feast day on a Western calendar is from the 7th century A.D. [13] In the Gallican usage, beginning about the seventh century, the Feast of the Cross was celebrated on 3 May, and called "Crouchmas" (for "Cross Mass" or "Mass Of The Cross") or "Roodmas".
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (also called the Elevation of the Cross) commemorates the recovery of the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified. The Persians had captured it as a prize of war in Jerusalem in the year 614, and it was recovered by the forces of the Eastern Roman Empire ("Byzantine Empire") in 629. The cross was joyously held ...
September 23 Conception of St John the Forerunner and the Commemoration of Sts. Zechariah and Elizabeth. The Armenian Apostolic Church commemorates the "Birth of John the Forerunner" on January 15, and June 7 is the "Commemoration Day of St John the Forerunner." September 1 is the Feast of "Saints John the Forerunner and Job the Righteous."
1 The Octave Day of St John the Baptist. Confederation of Canada, 1867: Dominion Day. 2 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth. 6 The Octave Day of St Peter and St Paul. Thomas More, Chancellor of England, Martyr 1535. 9 Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1228. 15 Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c. 862.
Because the date of his death is occupied by the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (14 September), the General Roman Calendar celebrates him since 1970 on the previous day, 13 September; from the 13th century to 1969 it did so on 27 January, the anniversary of the translation of his body to Constantinople. [9]
The feast day of Saint John in the Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, and the Lutheran Calendar, is on 27 December, the third day of Christmastide. [25] In the Tridentine calendar he was commemorated also on each of the following days up to and including 3 January, the Octave of the 27 December feast.