JULY

1    John and Henry Venn, Priests, Evangelical Divines, 1813 and 1873
3    Thomas the Apostle
6    Thomas More, Scholar, and John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Reformation Martyrs, 1535
11    Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550
14    John Keble, Priest, Tractarian, Poet, 1866
15    Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c.862
15    Bonaventure, Friar, Bishop, Teacher of the Faith, 1274
16    Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099
18    Elizabeth Ferard, first Deaconess of the Church of England, Founder of the Community of St Andrew, 1883
19    Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, and his sister Macrina, Deaconess, Teachers of the Faith, 394 and 379
20    Margaret of Antioch, Martyr, 4th Century
20    Bartolomé de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566
22    Mary Magdalen
23    Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373
25    James the Apostle
26    Anne and Joachim, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
27    Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher of the Faith, 1901
29    Mary, Martha and Lazarus, Companions of our Lord
30    William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833
31    Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556