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title: "St. Gelasius I: Feast Day November 21 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-gelasius-i/
description: "St. Gelasius I, Pope. Remembered on November 21, died c. 496. Read their life in Bless."
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Pope · Remembered on November 21

# St. Gelasius I

St. Gelasius I is remembered on November 21 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [November 21](https://blessbible.app/saints/november/#21) |
| Title | Pope |
| Died | c. 496 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Sunday, November 21, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-gelasius-i/#calendar) |

## Life

An African-born pope, more servant than sovereign, as his epitaph remembers him, famous for feeding a starving Rome and for the letter distinguishing the ‘two powers’ of priest and emperor — a sentence quoted for a millennium. He fixed the canon of Scripture in the West and gave his name to the oldest Roman sacramentary.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Gelasius I. 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Sunday, November 21, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/11/21/) | The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe | White | Daniel 7:13-14 · Psalm 93:1, 1-2, 5 · Revelation 1:5-8 · Mark 11:9, 10 · John 18:33b-37 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[November 20 St. Edmund](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-edmund/) [November 22 St. Cecilia](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-cecilia/)

[All the saints of November](https://blessbible.app/saints/november/) [Born on November 21?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#11-21) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Gelasius I

Remembered on November 21

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-gelasius-i/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-gelasius-i/#calendar)

In the app

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