Comparing Calendars: Lancelot-Andrewes Press vs Dessain

I recently was given a copy of the Monastic Diurnal as published by Dessain in 1952. For those familiar, with the Farnborough MD, it is identical in most respects except that it uses the rubrics and calendar from before 1955. This characteristic makes it more comparable to the Lancelot-Andrewes MD in many regards. I do plan on writing a post that more thoroughly compares these two books. Today, I wanted to share a side-by-side comparison of the calendars presented in the LAP MD and Dessain MD, respectively. I've omitted movable feasts like Easter. I also did not include any of the days within octaves on this calendar.

For the most part, these calendars are very similar. Feasts which are in the LAP but not in the Dessain are highlighted in aqua; feasts which are in the Dessain but not the LAP are highlighted in lime; and feasts which are in both but are ranked differently are highlighted in yellow.

A quick summary:

In LAP, not Dessain: 93 Unranked

In Dessain, not LAP:  35 Memorials; 5 Doubles; 5 Greater Doubles; 2 Doubles II Class

Two feasts with different rank:

Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ: LAP Double II Class; Dessain – Double I Class

St. Gertrude: LAP – Greater Double; Dessain – Double II Class

January
	Lancelot-Andrewes		Dessain
	Feast	Rank	Feast	Rank
1	Circumcision of the Lord Octave of the Nativity	D2	Circumcision of the Lord Octave of the Nativity	D2
2	Octave of St. Stephen	S	Octave of St. Stephen	S
3	Octave of St. John	S	Octave of St. John	S
4	Octave of the Holy Innocents	S	Octave of the Holy Innocents	S
5	Vigil of the Epiphany	Sd	Vigil of the Epiphany	Sd
6	Epiphany of Our Lord	D1 O2	Epiphany of Our Lord	D1 O2
7
8	[Sts. Lucian & Companions]
9
10	St. Paul, First Hermit	M	St. Paul, First Hermit	M
11
12	(St. Benedict Biscop)	M
13	Octave of the Epiphany	Gd	Octave of the Epiphany	Gd
14	St. Hilary	D	St. Hilary St. Felix	D M
15	St. Maurus	D2	St. Maurus	D2
16			St. Marcellus I	M
17	St. Antony	D	St. Antony	D
18	St. Prisca	M	St. Prisca	M
19			Sts. Marius, Martha, Audifax, and Abachus	M
20	Sts. Fabian & Sebastian	D	Sts. Fabian & Sebastian	D
21	St. Agnes	Gd	St. Agnes	Gd
22	St. Vincent	M	St. Vincent	M
23	St. Emerantiana	M	St. Emerantiana	M
24	St. Timothy	M	St. Timothy	M
25	Conversion of St. Paul Commemoration of St. Peter	D2	Conversion of St. Paul Commemoration of St. Peter	Gd
26	St. Polycarp	M	St. Polycarp	M
27	St. John Chrysostom	D	St. John Chrysostom	D
28	St. Cyril of Alexandria	D	St. Cyril of Alexandria St. Agnes	D M
29	St. Francis de Sales	D	St. Francis de Sales	D
30	[Blessed Charles of England]
31	Sts. Peter Nolasco & Raymond Pennafort	M	Sts. Peter Nolasco & Raymond Pennafort	M

February
	Lancelot-Andrewes		Dessain
	Feast	Rank	Feast	Rank
1	St. Ignatius of Antioch (St. Bridget)	D	St. Ignatius of Antioch	D
2	Purification B.V.M.	D2	Purification B.V.M.	D2
3	St. Blase	M	St. Blase	M
4	(St. Gilbert of Sempringham)
5	St. Agatha	Gd	St. Agatha	Gd
6	(St. Dorothea) [St. Titus]
7	St. Romuald	D	St. Romuald	D
8	Sts. John of Matha and Felix of Valois	M	Sts. John of Matha and Felix of Valois	M
9	[St. Cyril of Alexandria]
10	St. Scholastica	D2	St. Scholastica	D2
11			St. Gregory II	M
12	Seven Holy Founders of the Order of the Servants B.V.M.	M	Seven Holy Founders of the Order of the Servants B.V.M.	M
13	[St. Kentigern]
14	St. Valentine	M	St. Valentine	M
15
16
17
18	(St. Simeon of Jerusalem)
19
20
21
22	[St. Joseph of Arimathea]		Chair of St. Peter Commemoration of St. Paul	Gd
23	St. Peter Damian	D	St. Peter Damian	D
24	St. Matthias	D2	St. Matthias	D2
25
26
27
28	(St. Oswald)

March
	Lancelot-Andrewes		Dessain
	Feast	Rank	Feast	Rank
1	(St. David)
2	(St. Chad)
3
4			St. Lucius I	M
5
6	Sts. Perpetua and Felicitas	D	Sts. Perpetua and Felicitas	D
7	St. Thomas Aquinas	D	St. Thomas Aquinas	D
8	Sts. John of God & Camillus of Lellis	M	Sts. John of God & Camillus of Lellis	M
9	St. Frances of Rome	M	St. Frances of Rome	M
10	The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste	M	The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste	M
11
12	St. Gregory the Great	D2	St. Gregory the Great	D2
13
14
15
16
17	(St. Patrick)
18	St. Cyril of Jerusalem (St. Gabriel, Archangel)	D	St. Cyril of Jerusalem	D
19	St. Joseph, Spouse B.V.M.	D1	St. Joseph, Spouse B.V.M.	D1
20	(St. Cuthbert)
21	The Passing of our Holy Father Benedict	D1	The Passing of our Holy Father Benedict	D1
22
23
24	[St. Gabriel, Archangel]
25	Annunciation B.V.M.	D1	Annunciation B.V.M.	D1
26
27	St. John Damascene	D	St. John Damascene	D
28
29
30
31

April
	Lancelot-Andrewes		Dessain
	Feast	Rank	Feast	Rank
1
2	St. Francis of Paula	M	St. Francis of Paula	M
3	(St. Richard)
4	St. Isidore	D	St. Isidore	D
5	(St. Vincent Ferrer)
6
7
8
9
10
11	St. Leo the Great	D	St. Leo the Great	D
12
13	St. Justin Martyr	M	St. Justin Martyr	M
14			Sts. Tibutius, Valerian, and Maximus	M
15
16
17
18
19	(St. Alphege)
20
21	St. Anselm	Gd	St. Anselm	Gd
22
23	St. George	M	St. George	M
24
25	St. Mark	D2	St. Mark	D2
26			St. Cletus	M
27			St. Peter Canisius	D
28	(St. Paul of the Cross)		St. Vitalis	M
29	Sts. Odo, Majoul, Odilo, and Hugo (St. Peter Martyr)	D	Sts. Odo, Majoul, Odilo, and Hugo St. Robert	D M
30	St. Catherine of Siena	M	St. Catherine of Siena	M

May
	Lancelot-Andrewes		Dessain
	Feast	Rank	Feast	Rank
1	Sts. Philip and James	D2	Sts. Philip and James	D2
2	St. Athanasius	D	St. Athanasius	D
3	Finding of the Holy Cross	D2	Finding of the Holy Cross	D2
4	St. Monica	M	St. Monica	M
5			St. Pius V	D
6	St. John Lateran	Gd	St. John Lateran	Gd
7	(St. Stanislaus)
8
9	St. Gregory Nazianzen	D	St. Gregory Nazianzen	D
10	Sts. Gordianus and Epimachus	M	Sts. Gordianus and Epimachus	M
11
12	Sts. Nereus, Achilles, and Pacras	M	Sts. Nereus, Achilles, and Pacras	M
13			Commemoration of the Martyrs and other Saints whose Relics are preserved in Benedictine Church	Gd
14	[St. Pachomius]
15	[St. Jean Baptise de la Salle]
16
17	St. Paschal Baylon	M	St. Paschal Baylon	M
18	(St. Dunstand)
19	(St. Bernadine of Siena)		St. Peter Celestine St. Pudentiana	D M
20
21
22
23
24	[St. Vincent of Lerins]
25			St. Gregory VII St. Urban I	D M
26	St. Augustine of Canterburry	D	St. Augustine of Canterburry	D
27	St. Bede the Venerable	D	St. Bede the Venerable	D
28	(St. Philip Neri)
29
30	(St. Joan of Arc)
31			St. Petronilla	M

June
	Lancelot-Andrewes		Dessain
	Feast	Rank	Feast	Rank
1	[St. Nicomede]
2	Sts. Marcellinus and Peter [The Martyrs of Lyons]	M	Sts. Marcellinus and Peter	M
3
4
5	St. Boniface	D	St. Boniface	D
6	St. Norbert	D	St. Norbert	D
7
8
9	Sts. Primus and Felicianus [St. Columba]	M	Sts. Primus and Felicianus	M
10	[St. Margaret]
11	St. Baranbus	Gd	St. Baranbus	Gd
12			Sts. Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius	M
13	St. Anthony of Padua	M	St. Anthony of Padua	M
14	St. Basil the Great	Gd	St. Basil the Great	Gd
15			Sts. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia	M
16
17	(St. Botolph)
18	St, Ephrem Syrus, Deacon Sts, Marcus, and Macellianus	D M	St, Ephrem Syrus, Deacon Sts, Marcus, and Macellianus	D M
19	Sts. Gervaius and Protasius	M	Sts. Gervaius and Protasius	M
20	(Translation of St. Edward)
21	St. Aloysius Gonzaga	M	St. Aloysius Gonzaga	M
22	St. Paulinus of Nola St. Alban	M	St. Paulinus of Nola	M
23	Vigil		Vigil
24	Nativity of St. John the Baptist	D1, Co	Nativity of St. John the Baptist	D1, Co
25
26	Sts. John and Paul	M	Sts. John and Paul	M
27
28	Vigil		Vigil
29	Sts. Peter and Paul	D1, Co	Sts. Peter and Paul	D1, Co
30	Commemoration of St. Paul Commemoration of St. Peter	Gd	Commemoration of St. Paul Commemoration of St. Peter	Gd

July
	Lancelot-Andrewes		Dessain
	Feast	Rank	Feast	Rank
1	The Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ Commemoration of the Octave of St. John	D2	The Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ Commemoration of the Octave of St. John	D1
2	Visitation B.V.M.	D2	Visitation B.V.M.	D2
3	(St. Irenaeus)
4	[Translation of St. Martin]
5	(Sts. Cyril and Methodius)
6	Octave of Sts, Peter and Paul	Gd	Octave of Sts, Peter and Paul	Gd
7
8
9
10			The Seven Brothers and Sts. Rufina and Secunda	M
11	Solemnity of our Holy Father Benedict	D1, Co	Solemnity of our Holy Father Benedict	D1, Co
12	St. John Gualbert	D	St. John Gualbert	D
13	[St. Silas]
14	St. Boneventure	D	St. Boneventure	D
15	(Translation of St. Swithun)
16	Commemoration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel	Gd	Commemoration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel	Gd
17	(Translation of St. Osmund)		St. Leo IV	M
18	Octave of our Holy Father Benedict	Gd	Octave of our Holy Father Benedict Sts. Symphorosa and her Seven Sons	Gd M
19	St. Vincent de Paul	M	St. Vincent de Paul	M
20	Sts. Jerome Aemilianus, Joseph Calasnctius, and Jean Baptiste de la Salle [St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle] (St. Margaret of Antioch)	M	Sts. Jerome Aemilianus, Joseph Calasnctius, and Jean Baptiste de la Salle	M
21			St. Praxedes	M
22	St. Mary Magdalene	Gd	St. Mary Magdalene	Gd
23	St. Apollinaris	M	St. Apollinaris	M
24	Vigil		Vigil
25	St. James	D2	St. James	D2
26	Sts. Joachin and Anne, Parents B.V.M. [St. Anne, Mother B.V.M.]	D2	Sts. Joachin and Anne, Parents B.V.M.	D2
27
28
29	Sts. Felix, Simplicius, Faustinus, and Beatrice (St. Martha)	M	Sts. Felix, Simplicius, Faustinus, and Beatrice	M
30	St. Abdon and Sennen	M	St. Abdon and Sennen	M
31	St. Ignatius of Loyola	D	St. Ignatius of Loyola	D

August
	Lancelot-Andrewes		Dessain
	Feast	Rank	Feast	Rank
1	St. Peter’s Chains St. Paul The Holy Maccabees	Gd Comm Comm	St. Peter’s Chains St. Paul The Holy Maccabees	Gd Comm Comm
2	St. Alponsus Liguori	D	St. Alponsus Liguori	D
3	[St. Nicodemus]
4	St. Dominic	Gd	St. Dominic	Gd
5	(St. Oswald)		Dedication of the Church of Our Lady of the Snow	Gd
6	Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ	D2	Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ Sts. Sixtus, Felicissmus, and Agapitus	D2 M
7	St. Cajetan	D	St. Cajetan St. Donatus	D M
8			St. Cyriacus	M
9	Vigil		Vigil
10	St. Lawrence	D1, So	St. Lawrence	D1, So
11			Sts. Tiburtius and Susanna	M
12	St. Clare	M	St. Clare	M
13			Sts. Hippolytus and Cassian	M
14	Vigil		Vigil St. Eusebius	M
15	Assumption B.V.M.	D1, Co	Assumption B.V.M.	D1, Co
16	[St. Joachim, Father B.V.M.]
17	Octave of St. Lawrence	S	Octave of St. Lawrence	S
18	(St. Helena)		St. Agapitus	M
19
20	St. Bernard	Gd	St. Bernard	Gd
21	(St. Jane Frances de Chantal)		Bl. Bernard Ptolemy	M
22	Octave Assumption B.V.M.	Gd	Octave Assumption B.V.M. Sts. Timothy and Symphorian	Gd M
23	Vigil		Vigil
24	St. Bartholomew	D2	St. Bartholomew	D2
25	(St. Louis)
26	[St. Hilda]
27
28	St. Augustine	Gd	St. Augustine St. Hermes	Gd M
29	Beheading of St, John Baptist	Gd	Beheading of St, John Baptist St. Sabina	Gd M
30			Sts. Felix and Adauctus	M
31	(St. Aidan)

September
	Lancelot-Andrewes		Dessain
	Feast	Rank	Feast	Rank
1	[St. Giles]
2	(St. Stephen of Hungary)
3
4
5
6
7	[St. Evurtius]
8	Nativity B.V.M.	D2, So	Nativity B.V.M. St. Adrian	D2, So M
9			St. Gorgonius	M
10
11	Sts. Protus and Hyacinth	M	Sts. Protus and Hyacinth	M
12			Most holy Name of Mary	Gd
13
14	Exaltation of the Holy Cross Sts. Cornelius and Cyprian	Gd M	Exaltation of the Holy Cross Sts. Cornelius and Cyprian	Gd M
15	Seven Sorrows B.V.M. St. Nicomede	D2 M	Seven Sorrows B.V.M. St. Nicomede	D2 M
16	[St. Ninian]		Sts. Euphemia, Lucy, and Geminianus	M
17	[St. Cyprian]		St. Hildegared	M
18
19	(St. Theodore of Canterburry)
20	Vigil		Vigil
21	St. Matthew	D2	St. Matthew	D2
22	Sts. Maurice and Companions	M	Sts. Maurice and Companions	M
23	St. Linus St. Thecla	M M	St. Linus St. Thecla	M M
24
25
26			Sts. Cyprian and Justina	M
27	Sts. Cosmas and Damian	M	Sts. Cosmas and Damian	M
28
29	Dedication of St. Michael, Archangel [St. Michael and All Angels]	D1	Dedication of St. Michael, Archangel	D1
30	St. Jerome	Gd	St. Jerome	Gd

October
	Lancelot-Andrewes		Dessain
	Feast	Rank	Feast	Rank
1	(St. Remigius)
2	Holy Guardian Angels	Gd	Holy Guardian Angels	Gd
3	(St. Therese of Lisieux)
4	St. Francis	Gd	St. Francis	Gd
5	Sts. Placidus and Companions	D2	Sts. Placidus and Companions	D2
6	St. Bruno [St. Faith]	D	St. Bruno	D
7	Holy Rosary B.V.M. Sts. Sergius, Bacchus, Marcellus, and Apuleius	D2 M	Holy Rosary B.V.M. Sts. Sergius, Bacchus, Marcellus, and Apuleius	D2 M
8	(St. Brigit of Sweden)
9	(sts. Denys, Bl. Rusticus, and Eleutherius)
10	(St. Paulinus of York)
11	(St. Francis Borgia)		Motherhood B.V.M.	D2
12	(St. Wilfrid)
13	(Translation of St. Edward)
14	St. Callistus	D	St. Callistus	D
15	St. Teresa	D	St. Teresa	D
16
17	(St. Etheldreda)
18	St. Luke	D2	St. Luke	D2
19	[St. Frideswide]
20
21	St. Hilarion Sts. Ursula and Companions	M M	St. Hilarion	M
22
23
24	(St. Raphael, Archangel)
25	[Sts. Crispin and Crispinian]		Sts. Chrysanthus and Daria	M
26
27	Vigil		Vigil
28	Sts. Simon and Jude	D2	Sts. Simon and Jude	D2
29	[Martyrs of Uganda]
30
31	Vigil		Vigil

November
	Lancelot-Andrewes		Dessain
	Feast	Rank	Feast	Rank
1	All Saints	D1, Co	All Saints	D1, Co
2	All Souls	D	All Souls	D
3	(St. Winifred)
4	St. Charles Borromeo	M	St. Charles Borromeo	M
5	[St. Elizabeth]
6	(St. Leonard)
7
8	Octave of All Saints	Gd	Octave of All Saints The Forty Holy Crowned Martyrs	Gd M
9	St. Theodore	M	Dedication of the Archbasilica of the Most Holy Savior St. Theodore	D2 M
10
11	St. Martin St. Mennas	Gd M	St. Martin St. Mennas	Gd M
12
13	All Saints O.S.B. [St. Britius]	D2	All Saints O.S.B.	D2
14	All Souls O.S.B.	D	All Souls O.S.B.	D
15	[St. Gertrude] [St. Machutus]		St. Albert the Great	D
16	(St. Edmund Rich)
17	St. Gertrude (St. Hugh of Lincoln) (St. Gregory Thaumaturgus)	[Gd]	St. Gertrude	D2
18	[St. Hilda]		Dedication of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter and Paul	Gd
19	(St. Elizabeth of Hungary) (St. Mechtilde)		St.Pontianus	M
20	(St. Edmund)
21	Presentation B.V.M. St. Columbanus	Gd M	Presentation B.V.M. St. Columbanus	Gd M
22	St. Cecilia	Gd	St. Cecilia	Gd
23	St. Clement	D	St. Clement St. Felivitas	D M
24	St. John of the Cross	D	St. John of the Cross	D
25	St. Katharine	M	St. Katharine	M
26	St. Sykvester	D	St. Sykvester	D
27
28
29	Vigil St. Saturninus	M	Vigil St. Saturninus	M
30	St. Andrew	D2	St. Andrew	D2

December
	Lancelot-Andrewes		Dessain
	Feast	Rank	Feast	Rank
1
2	St. Peter Chrysologus	D	St. Peter Chrysologus	D
3	St. Francis Xavier	M	St. Francis Xavier	M
4	(St. Barbara) [St. Clement of Alexandria]
5	(St. Sabas)
6	St. Nicolas	M	St. Nicolas	M
7	St. Ambrose Vigil	Gd	St. Ambrose Vigil	Gd
8	Conception B.V.M.	D1, Co	Conception B.V.M.	D1, Co
9
10			St. Melchiades	M
11	St. Damasus	M	St. Damasus	M
12
13	St. Lucy	Gd	St. Lucy	Gd
14
15	Octave Conception B.V.M.	Gd	Octave Conception B.V.M.	Gd
16
17
18
19
20	Vigil		Vigil
21	St. Thomas	D2	St. Thomas	D2
22
23
24	Vigil		Vigil
25	Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ	D1, O3	Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ	D1, O3
26	St. Stephen, Protomartyr	D2, So	St. Stephen, Protomartyr	D2, So
27	St. John	D2, So	St. John	D2, So
28	Holy Innocents	D2, So	Holy Innocents	D2, So
29	St. Thomas of Canterburry	M	St. Thomas of Canterburry	M
30
31	St. Sylvester	D	St. Sylvester	D