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The saints' days

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On-line calendar of saints' days
Commentary
The saints' days
In this box are written in Latin the saints’ feasts for May 1 (Philip and James (the Less), the apostles) and May 3 (the Invention of the Cross).
 
Often following the name of the saints' day is the feast's liturgical grading, which tells the reader how important that feast is. Many saints have local significance, and so the importance of their feasts changes depending on where the calendar is made for. It is therefore often possible to identify where a calendar was intended to be used by looking at the saints’ days.  
 
In this calendar wheel, not only are there many bishops of Verona included, but they are marked as important feasts:
  • The highest grade of feast (Duplex maius): Zeno, the saint to which the Benedictine abbey that displayed the wheel was dedicated
  • The next highest grade (duplex minus): Crescentianus, a bishop of Verona
  • The next highest (semiduplex): Proculus, Lupicinus, and Lucillus (all bishops of Verona), and Peter Martyr (born in Verona)