Explanation

Many individuals on the Calendar are commemorated on more than one date by different provinces of the Anglican Communion and by other churches. These figures are currently commemorated on a date that is shared with another feast. By transferring them to another date associated with them, it prevents congestion in some months, and allows for most feasts to be observed. Under the rubrics for local commemoration, any community that preferred to use the traditional date could still keep the feast then. In addition, some have suggested that having a fixed date on which to commemorate the First Book of Common Prayer would be more helpful than a moveable feast in the first week after Pentecost.