Daisies
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1 (Frederick Denison Maurice, Anglican Priest and Theologian)
- Giuseppe Girotti, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr
- Ludovico Pavoni, Roman Catholic Priest and Educator
- Syragius of Autun and Anarcharius of Auxerre, Roman Catholic Bishops, and Valery of Leucone and Eustace of Luxeuit, Roman Catholic Abbots
2 (James Lloyd Breck, “The Apostle of the Wilderness”)
- Carlo Carretto, Spiritual Writer
- John Payne and Cuthbert Mayne, Roman Catholic Priests and Martyrs
- Joseph Bernardin, Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago
3 (Luther D. Reed, U.S. Lutheran Minister and Liturgist)
- Burgendofara and Sadalberga, Roman Catholic Abbesses, and Their Relatives
- Marc Sangnier, Founder of the Sillon Movement
- Reginald Heber, Anglican Bishop of Calcutta and Hymn Writer
4 (Benedict the African, Franciscan Friar and Hermit)
- Ernest W. Shurtleff, U.S. Congregationalist Minister and Hymn Writer
- George the Younger, Greek Orthodox Bishop of Mitylene
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil Rights Leader (also January 15)
5 (Emil Brunner, Swiss Reformed Theologian)
- Mariano de la Mata Aparicio, Roman Catholic Missionary and Educator in Brazil
- Pauline Sperry, Mathematician, Philanthropist, and Activist; and Her Brother, Willard Learoyd Sperry, Congregationalist Minister, Ethicist, Theologian, and Dean of Harvard Law School
- William Derham, Anglican Priest and Scientist
6 (Marcellinus of Carthage, Roman Catholic Martyr)
- Benjamin Hall Kennedy, Greek and Latin Scholar, Bible Translator, and Anglican Priest
- Milner Ball, Presbyterian Minister, Law Professor, Witness for Civil Rights, Humanitarian
- Nokter Balbulus, Roman Catholic Monk
7 (Tikhon of Moscow, Russian Orthodox Patriach)
- Jay Thomas Stocking, U.S. Congregationalist Minister and Hymn Writer
- John Baptist de La Salle, Founder of the Christian Brothers
- Montford Scott, Edmund Gennings, Henry Walpole, and Their Fellow Martyrs
8 (Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, Patriarch of American Lutheranism; His Great-Grandson, William Augustus Muhlenberg, Episcopal Priest, Hymn Writer, and Liturgical Pioneer; and His Colleague, Anne Ayres, Foundress of the Sisterhood of the Holy Communion)
- Johann Cruger, German Lutheran Organist, Composer, and Hymnal Editor
- Julie Billiart, Founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame
- Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury
9 (Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Lutheran Martyr
- Casilda of Toledo, Roman Catholic Anchoress
- John Samuel Bewley Monsell, Anglican Priest and Poet; and Richard Mant, Anglican Bishop of Down, Connor, and Dromore
- Lydia Emilie Gruchy, First Female Minister in the United Church of Canada
10 (Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Roman Catholic Priest, Scientist, and Theologian)
- Henry Van Dyke, U.S. Presbyterian Minister and Liturgist
- Howard Thurman, Protestant Theologian
- Mikael Agricola, Finnish Lutheran Liturgist, Bishop of Turku, and “Father of Finnish Literary Language”
11 (Dionysius of Corinth, Roman Catholic Bishop)
- Charles Stedman Newhall, U.S. Naturalist, Hymn Writer, and Congregationalist and Presbyterian Minister
- Heinrich Theobald Schenck, German Lutheran Pastor and Hymn Writer
- Henry Hallam Tweedy, U.S. Congregationalist Minister, Liturgist, and Hymn Writer
12 (Henry Sloan Coffin, U.S. Presbyterian Minister, Theologian, and Hymn Translator; and His Nephew, William Sloane Coffin, Jr., U.S. Presbyterian Minister and Social Activist)
- André, Magda, and Daniel Trocmé, Righteous Gentiles
- David Uribe-Velasco, Mexican Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr
- Zeno of Verona, Bishop
13 (Joseph Barber Lightfoot, Bishop of Durham)
- Henri Perrin, Worker Priest
- Hugh of Rouen, Roman Catholic Bishop, Abbot, and Monk
- Rolando Rivi, Roman Catholic Seminarian and Martyr
14 (Edward Thomas Demby and Henry Beard Delany, Episcopal Suffragan Bishops for Colored Work)
- Anthony, John, and Eustathius of Vilnius, Martyrs in Lithuania, 1347
- Fulbert of Chartres, Roman Catholic Bishop
- Wandregisilus of Normandy, Roman Catholic Abbot, and Lambert of Lyons, Roman Catholic Abbot and Bishop
15 (Olga of Kiev, Regent of Kievan Russia; Adalbert of Magdeburg, Roman Catholic Bishop; Adalbert of Prague, Roman Catholic Bishop and Martyr; and Benedict and Gaudentius of Pomerania, Roman Catholic Martyrs)
- Damien and Marianne of Molokai, Workers Among Lepers
- Flavia Domitilla, Roman Christian Noblewoman; and Maro, Eutyches, and Victorinus of Rome, Priests
- George Frederick Handel, Composer
16 (Bernadette of Lourdes, Visionary)
- Calvin Weiss Laufer, U.S. Presbyterian Minister and Hymnodist
- Isabella Gilmore, Anglican Deaconess
- Lucy Larcom, U.S. Academic, Journalist, Poet, Editor, and Hymn Writer
17 (Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church)
- Emily Cooper, Episcopal Deaconess
- Max Josef Metzger, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr
- Wilbur Kenneth Howard, Moderator of The United Church of Canada
18 (Roger Williams, Founder of Rhode Island; and Anne Hutchinson, Rebellious Puritan)
- Cornelia Connelly, Foundress of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus
- Maria Anne Blondin, Foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Anne
- Roman Archutowski, Polish Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1943
19 (Murin of Fahan, Laserian of Leighlin, Goban of Picardie, Foillan of Fosses, and Ultan of Peronne, Abbots; Fursey of Peronne and Blitharius of Seganne, Monks)
- Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Martyr
- Emma of Lesum, Benefactor
- Olavus Petri, Swedish Lutheran Theologian, Historian, Liturgist, Minister, Hymn Writer, Hymn Translator, and “Father of Swedish Literature;” and his brother, Laurentius Petri, Swedish Lutheran Archbishop of Uppsala, Bible Translator, and “Father of Swedish Hymnody”
20 (Johannes Bugenhagen, German Lutheran Theologian, Minister, Liturgist, and “Pastor of the Reformation”)
- Amator of Auxerre and Germanus of Auxerre, Roman Catholic Bishops; Mamertinus of Auxerre, Roman Catholic Abbot; and Marcian of Auxerre, Roman Catholic Monk
- Christian X, King of Denmark and Iceland; and His Brother, Haakon VII, King of Norway
- Marion MacDonald Kelleran, Episcopal Seminary Professor and Lay Leader
21 (Roman Adame Rosales, Mexican Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1927)
- Conrad of Parzham, Capuchin Friar
- Sidonius Apollinaris, Eustace of Lyon, and His Descendants, Roman Catholic Bishops
- Simeon Barsabae, Bishop, and His Companions, Martyrs
22 (Gene Britton, Episcopal Priest)
- Donald S. Armentrout, U.S. Lutheran Minister and Scholar
- Kathe Kollwitz, German Lutheran Artist and Pacifist
- Vitalis of Gaza, Monk, Hermit, and Martyr
23 (Toyohiko Kagawa, Renewer of Society and Prophetic Witness in Japan)
- Inauguration of The United Methodist Church, 1968
- Johann Walter, “First Cantor of the Lutheran Church”
- Walter Russell Bowie, Episcopal Priest, Seminary Professor, and Hymn Writer
24 (Genocide Remembrance)
- Egbert of Lindisfarne, Roman Catholic Monk, and Adalbert of Egmont, Roman Catholic Missionary
- Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Capuchin Friar and Martyr
- Mellitus, Bishop of London and Archbishop of Canterbury
25 (MARK THE EVANGELIST, MARTYR)
26 (William Cowper, Anglican Hymn Writer)
- Robert Hunt, First Anglican Chaplain at Jamestown, Virginia
27 (George Washington Doane, Episcopal Bishop of New Jersey; and His Son, William Croswell Doane, Episcopal Bishop of Albany; Hymn Writers)
- Antony and Theodosius of Kiev, Founders of Russian Orthodox Monasticism; Barlaam of Kiev, Russian Orthodox Abbot; and Stephen of Kiev, Russian Orthodox Abbot and Bishop
- Christina Rossetti, Poet and Religious Writer
- Remaclus of Maastricht, Theodore of Maastricht, Lambert of Maastricht, Hubert of Maastricht and Liege, and Floribert of Liege, Roman Catholic Bishops; Landrada of Munsterbilsen, Roman Catholic Abbess; and Otger of Utrecht, Plechelm of Guelderland, and Wiro, Roman Catholic Missionaries
28 (Jaroslav Vajda, U.S. Lutheran Minister, Hymn Translator, and Hymn Writer)
- Jozef Cebula, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1941
- Pamphilius of Sulmona, Roman Catholic Bishop and Almsgiver
- Peter Chanel, Protomartyr of Oceania
29 (Catherine of Siena, Roman Catholic Mystic and Religious)
- Bosa of York, John of Beverley, Wilfrid the Younger, and Acca of Hexham, Roman Catholic Bishops
- James Russell Woodford, Anglican Bishop of Ely, Hymn Translator, and Hymn Writer
- Timothy Rees, Welsh Anglican Hymn Writer and Bishop of Llandaff
30 (James Montgomery, Anglican and Moravian Hymn Writer)
- James Edward Walsh, Roman Catholic Missionary Bishop and Political Prisoner in China
- John Ross MacDuff and George Matheson, Scottish Presbyterian Ministers and Authors
- Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, Poet, Author, Editor, and Prophetic Witness
Lowercase boldface on a date with two or more commemorations indicates a primary feast.
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