King and Martyr · Remembered on November 20

St. Edmund

St. Edmund is remembered on November 20 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

Remembered on	November 20
Title	King and Martyr
Died	c. 869
Next on Bless’s Today screen	Friday, November 20, 2026

Life

The young king of East Anglia defeated by the Great Heathen Army, who refused to rule as a pagan’s puppet or renounce Christ — shot full of arrows and beheaded, tradition says, at Hoxne. Bury St. Edmunds grew around his shrine; before St. George, he was England’s patron.

In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Edmund. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

Date	In the US calendar	Color	Mass readings (US)
Friday, November 20, 2026	Friday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time	Green	Revelation 10:8-11 · Psalm 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131 · John 10:27 · Luke 19:45-48
Saturday, November 20, 2027	Saturday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time	Green	1 Maccabees 6:1-13 · Psalm 9:2-3, 4 and 6, 16 and 19 · See 2 Timothy 1:10 · Luke 20:27-40
Monday, November 20, 2028	Monday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time	Green	Revelation 1:1-4; 2:1-5 · Psalm 1:1-2, 3, 4, 6 · John 8:12 · Luke 18:35-43

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

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