Poinsettia
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1 (Charles de Foucauld, Roman Catholic Hermit and Martyr)
- Douglas LeTell Rights, U.S. Moravian Minister, Scholar, and Hymn Writer
- Edward Timothy Mickey, Jr., U.S. Moravian Bishop and Liturgist
- Peter Mortimer, Anglo-German Moravian Educator, Musician, and Scholar; and Gottfried Theodor Erxleben, German Moravian Minister and Musicologist
2 (Channing Moore Williams, Episcopal Missionary Bishop in China and Japan)
- Alice Freeman Palmer, U.S. Educator and Hymn Writer
- Brioc, Roman Catholic Abbot; and Tudwal, Roman Catholic Abbot and Bishop
- Osmund of Salisbury, Roman Catholic Bishop
3 (Maruthas, Roman Catholic Bishop of Maypherkat and Missionary to Persia)
- Amilie Juliane, Countess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German Lutheran Hymn Writer
- Bernard of Parma, Roman Catholic Bishop
- John Owen Smith, United Methodist Bishop in Georgia
4 (John of Damascus and Cosmas of Maiuma, Theologians and Hymnodists)
- John Calabria, Founder of the Congregation of the Poor Servants and the Poor Women Servants of Divine Providence
- Joseph Mohr, Austrian Roman Catholic Priest and Hymn Writer
- Thomas Cotterill, English Priest, Hymn Writer, and Liturgist
5 (Clement of Alexandria, Father of Christian Scholarship)
- Cyran, Roman Catholic Abbot
- Francis Xavier, Roman Catholic Missionary to the Far East
- Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa and Renewer of Society
6 (Nicetius of Trier, Roman Catholic Monk, Abbot, and Bishop; and Aredius of Limoges, Roman Catholic Abbot)
- Abraham of Kratia, Roman Catholic Monk, Abbot, Bishop, and Hermit
- Henry Ustick Onderdonk, Episcopal Bishop, Liturgist, and Hymn Writer
- Nicholas of Myra, Roman Catholic Bishop
7 (Philip and Daniel Berrigan, Roman Catholic Priests and Social Activists)
- Anne Ross Cousin, Scottish Presbyterian Hymn Writer
- Gerald Thomas Noel, Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer; brother of Baptist Wriothesley Noel, Anglican Priest, English Baptist Evangelist, and Hymn Writer; and his niece, Caroline Maria Noel, Anglican Hymn Writer
- Maria Josepha Rossello, Cofounder of the Daughters of Our Lady of Pity
8 (William Gustave Polack, U.S. Lutheran Minister, Liturgist, and Hymn Writer and Translator)
- Amagus of Luxeuil and Romaric of Luxeuil, Roman Catholic Monks and Abbots
- Erik Christian Hoff, Norwegian Lutheran Composer and Organist
- Martin Rinckart, Archdeacon of Eilenburg
9 (Karl Barth, Swiss Reformed Minister, Theologian, and Biblical Scholar; father of Markus Barth, Swiss Lutheran Minister and Biblical Scholar)
- Georg Friedrich Hellstrom, Dutch-German Moravian Musician, Composer, and Educator
- Peter Fourier, “The Good Priest of Mattaincourt;” and Alix Le Clerc, Foundress of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Canonesses Regular of Saint Augustine
- Walter Ciszek, Roman Catholic Missionary Priest and Political Prisoner
10 (Paul Eber, German Lutheran Theologian and Hymn Writer)
- Howell Elvet Lewis, Welsh Congregationalist Clergyman and Poet
- John Roberts, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr
- Robert Murray, Canadian Presbyterian Minister and Hymn Writer
11 (Luke of Prague and John Augusta, Moravian Bishops and Hymn Writers)
- Kazimierz Tomas Sykulski, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr
- Lars Olsen Skrefsrud, Hans Peter Boerresen, and Paul Olaf Bodding, Lutheran Missionaries in India
- Severin Ott, Roman Catholic Monk
12 (Jane Frances de Chantal, Founder of the Congregation of the Visitation)
- Alicia Domon and Her Companions, Martyrs in Argentina
- Bartholomew Buonpedoni and Vivaldus, Ministers among Lepers
- Ludwik Bartosik, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr
13 (Samuel Johnson, “The Great Moralist”)
- Christian Furchtegott Gellert, German Lutheran Minister, Educator, and Hymn Writer
- Ella J. Baker, Witness for Civil Rights
- Paul Speratus, German Lutheran Bishop, Liturgist, and Hymn Writer
14 (Venantius Honorius Clementius Fortunatus, Roman Catholic Bishop of Poitiers)
- Dorothy Ann Thrupp, English Hymn Writer
- John of the Cross, Roman Catholic Mystic
- Robert McDonald, Anglican Priest and Martyr
15 (Thomas Benson Pollock, Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer)
- Henry Fothergill Chorley, English Novelist, Playwright, and Literary and Music Critic
- John Horden, Anglican Bishop of Moosenee
- Ralph Wardlaw, Scottish Congregationalist Minister, Hymn Writer, and Liturgist
16 (Gustaf Aulen, Swedish Lutheran Theologian)
- Filip Siphong Onphithakt, Roman Catholic Catechist and Martyr in Thailand
- Maude Dominica Petre, Roman Catholic Modernist Theologian
- Ralph Adams Cram and Richard Upjohn, Architects; and John LaFarge, Sr., Painter and Stained Glass Window Maker
17 (William Lloyd Garrison, Abolitionist and Feminist; and Maria Stewart, Abolitionist, Feminist, and Educator)
- Eglantyne Jebb and Dorothy Buxton, Founders of Save the Children
- Frank Mason North, U.S. Methodist Minister
- Mary Cornelia Bishop Gates, U.S. Dutch Reformed Hymn Writer
18 (Marc Boegner, Ecumenist)
- Giulia Valle, Roman Catholic Nun
- Isaac Hecker, Founder of the Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle
19 (Raoul Wallenberg, Righteous Gentile)
- Chico Mendes, “Gandhi of the Amazon”
- Robert Campbell, Scottish Episcopalian the Roman Catholic Social Advocate and Hymn Writer
20 (Dominic of Silos, Roman Catholic Abbot)
- Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Peter Canisius, Roman Catholic Priest
- William John Blew, English Priest and Hymn Writer
21 (THOMAS THE APOSTLE, MARTYR)
22 (Frederick and William Temple, Archbishops of Canterbury)
- Chaeremon and Ischyrion, Roman Catholic Martyrs
- Henry Budd, First Anglican Native Priest in North America; Missionary to the Cree Nation
- James Prince Lee, Bishop of Manchester
23 (John of Kanty, Roman Catholic Theologian)
- Antonio Caldara, Roman Catholic Composer and Musician
- Charbel, Roman Catholic Priest and Monk
- Gerald R. Ford, U.S. Representative, Vice President, and President
24 (CHRISTMAS EVE)
25 (CHRISTMAS DAY)
26 (SECOND DAY OF CHRISTMAS: STEPHEN, DEACON AND MARTYR)
27 (THIRD DAY OF CHRISTMAS: JOHN THE EVANGELIST)
28 (FOURTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS: HOLY INNOCENTS, MARTYRS)
29 (FIFTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS: Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury)
- Josiah Conder, English Abolitionist and Hymn Writer
- Austin Farrer, Anglican Priest and Biblical Scholar
- John Burnett Morris, Sr., Episcopal Priest and Witness for Civil Rights
30 (SIXTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS: Allen Eastman Cross, U.S. Congregationalist Minister and Hymn Writer)
- Anysia, Roman Catholic Martyr
- Frances Joseph-Gaudet, Prison Reformer
- Josephine Butler, Worker among Women
31 (SEVENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS: John Wycliffe, Bible Translator)
- New Year’s Eve
- Philipp Heinrich Molther, German Moravian Minister, Bishop, Composer, and Hymn Translator
- Rossiter Worthington Raymond, U.S. Novelist, Poet, Hymn Writer, and Mining Engineer
Lowercase boldface on a date with two or more commemorations indicates a primary feast.
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