| S. John Baptist.
| S. Peter.
The | S. James.
Evens / S. Bartholomew.
or \ S. Matthew.
Vigils | S. Simon and S. Jude.
before | S. Andrew.
| S. Thomas.
| All Saints.
Note, That if any of these Feast-Days fall upon a Monday, then the Vigil or Fast-Day shall be kept upon the Saturday, and not upon the Sunday next before it.
This Table includes several days not anciently observed as Fast-days, and refers to private observance and not to public service.
When a Saint's Day which is preceded by a Vigil falls on a Monday, though the fast of the Vigil is to be kept on the Saturday, yet the Collect for the Saint's Day is not to be said on the Saturday evening, but on the evening of Sunday, in accordance with Rubric (82).
DAYS of Fasting, or Abstinence.
I. The Forty Days of Lent.
| The First Sunday in
| Lent.
II. The Ember-Days at the Four Seasons, / The Feast of Pentecost.
being the Wednesday, Friday, \ September 14, and
and Saturday after | December 13.
III. The Three Rogation-Days, being Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday, before Holy Thursday, or the Ascension of
our Lord.
IV. All the Fridays in the Year, except Christmas-Day.
The word 'or' implies a distinction in the mode of observing these days: Nos. I. and II. in the 'Table,' viz., the Forty Days of Lent and the Ember-days, are days of Fasting: Nos. III. and IV., viz., the three Rogation-days and Fridays, except Christmas-Day, are days of Abstinence.
14. A CERTAIN SOLEMN DAY, for which a particular Service is appointed.
The Twentieth Day of June, being the Day on which her Majesty began her happy Reign.