Daisies
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1 (Frederick Denison Maurice, Anglican Priest and Theologian)
- Giuseppe Girotti, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1945
- John Gray, Scottish Presbyterian Minister, Mythologist, Biblical Scholar, and Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages
- 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, 1582 and 1577
- Joseph Bernardin, Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago
- Sidonius Apollinaris, Eustace of Lyon, and His Descendants, Roman Catholic Bishops
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
- Mary of Egypt, Hermit and Penitent
- Reginald Heber, Anglican Bishop of Calcutta, and Hymn Writer
- Sidney Lovett, U.S. Congregationalist Minister and Chaplain of Yale University
4 (Benedict the African, Franciscan Friar and Hermit)
- Alfred C. Marble, Jr., Episcopal Bishop of Mississippi then Assisting Bishop of North Carolina
- Ernest W. Shurtleff, U.S. Congregationalist Minister and Hymn Writer
- Martin Luther King, Jr., U.S. Civil Rights Leader, and Martyr, 1968 (also January 15)
5 (Emily Ayckbowm, Founder of the Community of the Sisters of the Church)
- 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, 413)
- Benjamin Hall Kennedy, Greek and Latin Scholar, Bible Translator, and Anglican Priest
- Daniel G. C. Wu, Chinese-American Episcopal Priest and Missionary
- Emil Brunner, Swiss Reformed Theologian
- Milner Ball, Presbyterian Minister, Law Professor, Witness for Civil Rights, Humanitarian
- Nokter Balbulus, Roman Catholic Monk
7 (Tikhon of Moscow, Russian Orthodox Patriach)
- André Trocmé, Magda Trocmé, and Daniel Trocmé, Righteous Gentiles
- George the Younger, Greek Orthodox Bishop of Mitylene
- Jay Thomas Stocking, U.S. Congregationalist Minister and Hymn Writer
- Montford Scott, Edmund Gennings, Henry Walpole, and Their Fellow Martyrs, 1591 and 1595
- Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury
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, Founder of the Sisterhood of the Holy Communion)
- Dionysius of Corinth, Roman Catholic Bishop
- Godfrey Diekmann, U.S. Roman Catholic Monk, Priest, Ecumenist, Theologian, and Liturgical Scholar
- Hugh of Rouen, Roman Catholic Bishop, Abbot, and Monk
- Julie Billiart, Founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame
- Timothy Lull, U.S. Lutheran Minister, Scholar, Theologian, and Ecumenist
9 (Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Lutheran Martyr, 1945
- Johann Cruger, German Lutheran Organist, Composer, and Hymnal Editor
- 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
- Mikael Agricola, Finnish Lutheran Liturgist, Bishop of Turku, and “Father of Finnish Literary Language”
- William Law, Anglican Priest, Mystic, and Spiritual Writer
10 (Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Roman Catholic Priest, Scientist, and Theologian)
- Fulbert of Chartres, Roman Catholic Bishop
- Henry Van Dyke, U.S. Presbyterian Minister and Liturgist
- Howard Thurman, Protestant Theologian
11 (Heinrich Theobald Schenck, German Lutheran Pastor and Hymn Writer)
- Charles Stedman Newhall, U.S. Naturalist, Hymn Writer, and Congregationalist and Presbyterian Minister
- George Augustus Selwyn, Anglican Bishop of New Zealand, Primate of New Zealand, and Bishop of Lichfield; Missionary
- George Zabelka, U.S. Roman Catholic Priest, Military Chaplain, and Advocate for Christian Nonviolence
- Henry Hallam Tweedy, U.S. Congregationalist Minister, Liturgist, and Hymn Writer
12 (Henry Sloane Coffin, U.S. Presbyterian Minister, Theologian, and Hymn Translator; and his nephew, William Sloane Coffin, Jr., U.S. Presbyterian Minister and Social Activist)
- David Uribe-Velasco, Mexican Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1927
- Julius I, Bishop of Rome
- Zeno of Verona, Bishop
13 (Joseph Barber Lightfoot, Bishop of Durham)
- Henri Perrin, French Roman Catholic Worker Priest
- John Gloucester, First African-American Presbyterian Minister
- Lucy Craft Laney, African-American Presbyterian Educator and Civil Rights Activist
- Martin I, Bishop of Rome, and Martyr, 655; and Maximus the Confessor, Eastern Orthodox Monk, Abbot, and Martyr, 662
- Rolando Rivi, Roman Catholic Seminarian and Martyr, 1945
14 (Edward Thomas Demby and Henry Beard Delany, Episcopal Suffragan Bishops for Colored Work)
- Anthony, John, and Eustathius of Vilnius, Martyrs in Lithuania, 1347
- George Frederick Handel, Composer
- Wandregisilus of Normandy, Roman Catholic Abbot; and Lambert of Lyons, Roman Catholic Abbot and Bishop
- Zenaida of Tarsus and her sister, Philonella of Tarsus; and Hermione of Ephesus; Unmercenary Physicians
15 (Olga of Kiev, Regent of Kievan Russia; Adalbert of Magdeburg, Roman Catholic Bishop; Adalbert of Prague, Roman Catholic Bishop and Martyr, 997; and Benedict and Gaudentius of Pomerania, Roman Catholic Martyrs, 997)
- Damien and Marianne of Molokai, Workers Among Lepers
- Flavia Domitilla, Roman Christian Noblewoman; and Maro, Eutyches, and Victorinus of Rome, Priests and Martyrs, Circa 99
- Hunna of Alsace, the “Holy Washerwoman”
16 (Bernadette of Lourdes, Roman Catholic Visionary)
- Calvin Weiss Laufer, U.S. Presbyterian Minister and Hymnodist
- Isabella Gilmore, Anglican Deaconess
- Mikel Suma, Albanian Roman Catholic Priest, Friar, and Martyr, 1950
- Peter Williams Cassey, African-American Episcopal Deacon; and his wife, Annie Besant Cassey, African-American Episcopal Educator
17 (Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church)
- Emily Cooper, Episcopal Deaconess
- Lucy Larcom, U.S. Academic, Journalist, Poet, Editor, and Hymn Writer
- Max Josef Metzger, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1944
- Wilbur Kenneth Howard, Moderator of The United Church of Canada
18 (Roger Williams, Founder of Rhode Island; and Anne Hutchinson, Rebellious Puritan)
- Cornelia Connelly, Founder of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus
- Maria Anna Blondin, Founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Anne
- Mary C. Collins, U.S. Congregationalist Missionary and Minister
- 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
- Roman Archutowski, Polish Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1943
19 (Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Martyr, 1012)
- 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
- Robert Seymour Bridges, Anglican Hymn Writer and Hymn Translator
21 (Roman Adame Rosales, Mexican Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1927)
- Conrad of Parzham, Capuchin Friar
- David Brainerd, American Congregationalist then Presbyterian Missionary and Minister
- George B. Caird, English Congregationalist then United Reformed Minister, Biblical Scholar, and Hymn Writer and Translator
- Georgia Harkness, U.S. Methodist Minister, Theologian, Ethicist, and Hymn Writer
- Simeon Barsabae, Bishop; and His Companions, Martyrs, 341
22 (Gene Britton, Episcopal Priest)
- Donald S. Armentrout, U.S. Lutheran Minister and Scholar
- Hadewijch of Brabert, Roman Catholic Mystic
- Kathe Kollwitz, German Lutheran Artist and Pacifist
- Vitalis of Gaza, Monk, Hermit, and Martyr, Circa 625
23 (Toyohiko Kagawa, Renewer of Society and Prophetic Witness in Japan)
- Martin Rinckart, German Lutheran Minister and Hymn Writer
- Teresa Maria of the Cross, Founder of the Carmelite Sisters of Saint Teresa of Florence
- 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, 1622
- Jakob Böhme, German Lutheran Mystic
- Johann Walter, “First Cantor of the Lutheran Church”
- Mellitus, Bishop of London, and Archbishop of Canterbury
25 (MARK THE EVANGELIST, MARTYR, 68)
26 (William Cowper, Anglican Hymn Writer)
- Adelard of Corbie, Frankish Roman Catholic Monk and Abbot; and his protégé, Paschasius Radbertus, Frankish Roman Catholic Monk, Abbot, and Theologian
- Robert Hunt, First Anglican Chaplain at Jamestown, Virginia
- Ruth Byllesby, Episcopal Deaconess in Georgia
- Stanislaw Kubista, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1940; and Wladyslaw Goral, Polish Roman Catholic Bishop and Martyr, 1945
- William Stringfellow, Episcopal Attorney, Theologian, and Social Activist
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
- Zita of Tuscany, Worker of Charity
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, 1841
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 Edward Walsh, Roman Catholic Missionary Bishop and Political Prisoner in China
- Simon B. Parker, United Methodist Biblical Scholar
- Timothy Rees, Welsh Anglican Hymn Writer and Bishop of Llandaff
30 (James Montgomery, Anglican and Moravian Hymn Writer)
- Diet Eman; her fiancé, Hein Sietsma, Martyr, 1945; and his brother, Hendrik “Henk” Sietsma; Righteous Among the Nations
- James Russell Woodford, Anglican Bishop of Ely, Hymn Translator, and Hymn Writer
- John Ross MacDuff and George Matheson, Scottish Presbyterian Ministers and Authors
- Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, Poet, Author, Editor, and Prophetic Witness
Floating
- The Confession of Saint Martha of Bethany (the Sunday immediately prior to Palm Sunday; March 8-April 11)
Lowercase boldface on a date with two or more commemorations indicates a primary feast.
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