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1 (Charles de Foucauld, Roman Catholic Hermit and Martyr, 1916)
- Albert Barnes, U.S. Presbyterian Minister, Abolitionist, and Alleged Heretic
- Brioc, Roman Catholic Abbot; and Tudwal, Roman Catholic Abbot, and Bishop of Treguier
- Douglas LeTell Rights, U.S. Moravian Minister, Scholar, and Hymn Writer
- Edward Timothy Mickey, Jr., U.S. Moravian Bishop and Liturgist
- George Hugh Bourne, Anglican Priest, Hymn Writer, and Hymn Translator
2 (Hormisdas, Bishop of Rome; and his son, Silverius, Bishop of Rome, and Martyr, 537)
- Channing Moore Williams, Episcopal Missionary Bishop in China and Japan
- Gerald Thomas Noel, Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer; his brother, Baptist Wriothesley Noel, Anglican Priest, English Baptist Evangelist, and Hymn Writer; and his niece, Caroline Maria Noel, Anglican Hymn Writer
- Justin Heinrich Knecht, German Lutheran Organist, Music Teacher, and Composer
- Maura Clarke and Her Companions, U.S. Roman Catholic Martyrs in El Salvador, December 2, 1980
- Rafal Chylinski, Polish Franciscan Roman Catholic Priest
3 (Francis Xavier, Roman Catholic Missionary to the Far East)
- Amilie Juliane, Countess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German Lutheran Hymn Writer
- Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Jan Franciszek Macha, Polish Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1942
- M. Woolsey Stryker, U.S. Presbyterian Minister, Educator, Author, Hymnal Editor, Hymn Writer, and Hymn Translator
- Sophie Koulomzin, Russian-American Christian Educator
4 (John of Damascus and Cosmas of Maiuma, Theologians and Hymnodists)
- Alexander Hotovitzky, Russian Orthodox Priest and Martyr, 1937
- Bernard of Parma, Roman Catholic Bishop of Parma
- Joseph Mohr, Austrian Roman Catholic Priest; and Franz Gruber, Austrian Roman Catholic Teacher, Musician, and Composer
- Maruthas, Roman Catholic Bishop of Maypherkat, and Missionary to Persia
- Osmund of Salisbury, Roman Catholic Bishop of Salisbury
5 (Clement of Alexandria, Father of Christian Scholarship)
- Cyran, Roman Catholic Abbot
- Narcyz Putz, Polish Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1942
- Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa, and Renewer of Society
- Nicetius of Trier, Roman Catholic Monk, Abbot, and Bishop of Trier; and Aredius of Limoges, Roman Catholic Monk
- Peter Mortimer, Anglo-German Moravian Educator, Musician, and Scholar; and Gottfried Theodor Erxleben, German Moravian Minister and Musicologist
6 (Nicholas of Myra, Bishop of Myra)
- Abraham of Kratia, Roman Catholic Monk, Abbot, Bishop of Kratia, and Hermit
- Alice Freeman Palmer, U.S. Educator and Hymn Writer
- Anne Ross Cousin, Scottish Presbyterian Hymn Writer
- Henry Ustick Onderdonk, Episcopal Bishop of New York, Liturgist, and Hymn Writer
- Philip Berrigan and his brother, Daniel Berrigan, Roman Catholic Priests and Social Activists
7 (John Greenleaf Whittier, U.S. Quaker Abolitionist, Poet, and Hymn Writer)
- Emma Francis, Lutheran Deaconess in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Harlem
- Georg Friedrich Hellstrom, Dutch-German Moravian Musician, Composer, and Educator
- John Howard Bertram Masterman, Anglican Scholar, Hymn Writer, Priest, and Bishop of Plymouth
- Maria Josepha Rossello, Co-Founder of the Daughters of Our Lady of Pity
- William Gustave Polack, U.S. Lutheran Minister, Liturgist, and Hymn Writer and Translator
8 (Walter Ciszek, Roman Catholic Missionary Priest and Political Prisoner)
- Amatus of Luxeuil and Romaric of Luxeuil, Roman Catholic Monks and Abbots
- Ambrose Reeves, Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, and Opponent of Apartheid
- Erik Christian Hoff, Norwegian Lutheran Composer and Organist
- Marin Shkurti, Albanian Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1969
- Narcisa de Jesús Martillo-Morán, Ecuadorian Roman Catholic Mystic and Ascetic
9 (Liborius Wagner, German Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1631)
- David Brüning, S. German Evangelical Minister, Hymnal Editor, and Hymn Tune Composer
- George Job Elvey, Anglican Composer and Organist
- John Zundel, German-American Organist, Hymnal Editor, Hymn Tune Composer, and Music Editor
- Peter Fourier, “The Good Priest of Mattaincourt;” and Alix Le Clerc, Founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Canonesses Regular of Saint Augustine
- Thomas Merton, S. Roman Catholic Priest, Monk, and Spiritual Writer
10 (Karl Barth, Swiss Reformed Minister, Theologian, and Biblical Scholar; and his son, Markus Barth, Swiss Lutheran Minister and Biblical Scholar)
- Howell Elvet Lewis, Welsh Congregationalist Clergyman and Poet
- John Roberts, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1610
- Olivier Messiaen, Claire Delbos, and Yvonne Loriod, French Roman Catholic Musicians and Composers
- Paul Eber, German Lutheran Theologian and Hymn Writer
- Robert Murray, Canadian Presbyterian Minister and Hymn Writer
11 (Martyrs of El Mozote, El Salvador, December 11-12, 1981)
- Howard Chandler Robbins, Episcopal Priest, Hymn Writer, Hymn Translator, and Hymn Tune Composer
- Kazimierz Tomas Sykulski, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1942
- Lars Olsen Skrefsrud, Hans Peter Boerresen, and Paul Olaf Bodding, Lutheran Missionaries in India
- Luke of Prague and John Augusta, Moravian Bishops and Hymn Writers
- Severin Ott, Roman Catholic Monk
12 (William Lloyd Garrison, Abolitionist and Feminist; and Maria Stewart, Abolitionist, Feminist, and Educator)
- Bartholomew Buonpedoni and Vivaldus, Ministers among Lepers
- Jonathan Krause, Silesian Lutheran Minister, Hymn Writer, and Hymnal Editor
- Ludwik Bartosik, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1941
- Thomas Canning, U.S. Composer and Music Educator
- William Louis Poteat, President of Wake Forest College, and Biologist; his brother, Edwin McNeill Poteat, Sr., Southern and Northern Baptist Minister, Scholar, and President of Furman University; his son, Edwin McNeill Poteat, Jr., Southern Baptist Minister, Missionary, Musician, Hymn Writer, and Social Reformer; his brother, Gordon McNeill Poteat, Southern and Northern Baptist and Congregationalist Minister and Missionary; and his cousin, Hubert McNeill Poteat, Southern Baptist Academic and Musician
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
- Pierson Parker, U.S. Congregationalist Minister, Episcopal Priest, and Biblical Scholar
- R. Birch Hoyle, English Baptist Minister and Hymn Translator
14 (Radegunda, Thuringian Roman Catholic Princess, Deaconess, and Nun; and Venantius Honorius Clementius Fortunatus, Roman Catholic Bishop of Poitiers)
- Dorothy Ann Thrupp, English Hymn Writer
- Henry Aldrich, Anglican Priest, Composer, Theologian, Mathematician, and Architect
- James Arnold Blaisdell, U.S. Congregationalist Minister, Scholar, and Hymn Writer
- John of the Cross, Roman Catholic Mystic and Carmelite Friar
- William Adams Brown, U.S. Presbyterian Minister, Theologian, and Social Reformer
15 (Thomas Benson Pollock, Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer)
- Fred D. Gealy, U.S. Methodist Minister, Missionary, Musician, and Biblical Scholar
- 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
- Robert McDonald, Anglican Priest and Missionary
16 (Ralph Adams Cram and Richard Upjohn, Architects; and John LaFarge, Sr., Painter and Stained-Glass Window Maker)
- Alexis Feodorovich Lvov, Russian Orthodox Musician and Composer
- Conrad Kocher, German Composer and Music Educator; Reformer of Church Music in Germany
- Filip Siphong Onphithakt, Roman Catholic Catechist and Martyr in Thailand, 1940
- Lewis Henry Redner, Episcopal Organist and Hymn Tune Composer
- Maude Dominica Petre, Roman Catholic Modernist Theologian
17 (Eglantyne Jebb and Dorothy Buxton, Founders of Save the Children)
- Althea Brown Edmiston, African-American Southern Presbyterian Missionary in the Congo Free State then Belgian Congo
- Dorothy Sayers, Anglican Poet, Novelist, Playwright, Translator, Apologist, and Theologian
- Frank Mason North, U.S. Methodist Minister, Social Reformer, and Hymn Writer
- Mary Cornelia Bishop Gates, U.S. Dutch Reformed Hymn Writer
- Olympias of Constantinople, Widow and Deaconess
18 (Marc Boegner, French Reformed Minister and Ecumenist)
- Alicia Domon and Her Companions, Martyrs in Argentina, 1977
- Giulia Valle, Roman Catholic Nun
- Horatio William Parker, Episcopal Composer, Organist, and Music Educator
- John Darwall, Anglican Priest and Composer
- John MacLeod Campbell Crum, Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer
19 (Raoul Wallenberg, Righteous Gentile)
- Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian Roman Catholic Priest and Composer
- Kazimiera Wolowska, Polish Roman Catholic Nun and Martyr, 1942
- Robert Campbell, Scottish Episcopalian then Roman Catholic Social Advocate and Hymn Writer
- William Henry Draper, Anglican Priest, Hymn Writer, and Hymn Translator
- William Howard Bishop, Founder of the Glenmary Home Missioners
20 (Dominic of Silos, Roman Catholic Abbot)
- Bates Gilbert Burt, Episcopal Priest, Hymn Writer, and Composer
- Benjamin Tucker Tanner, African Methodist Episcopal Bishop and Renewer of Society
- D. Elton Trueblood, U.S. Quaker Theologian
- Johann Christoph Schwedler, German Lutheran Minister and Hymn Writer
- Michal Piasczynski, Polish Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1940
21 (THOMAS THE APOSTLE, MARTYR)
22 (Frederick Temple and William Temple, Archbishops of Canterbury)
- Chaeremon and Ischyrion, Roman Catholic Martyrs, Circa 250
- Chico Mendes, “Gandhi of the Amazon”
- Demetrius A. Gallitzin, Russian-American Roman Catholic Missionary Priest; “The Apostle of the Alleghenies”
- Henry Budd, First Anglican Native Priest in North America; Missionary to the Cree Nation
- Isaac Hecker, Founder of the Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle
23 (John of Kanty, Roman Catholic Theologian)
- Charbel, Roman Catholic Priest and Monk
- Henry Schwing, U.S. Organist and Music Educator; “The Grand Old Man of Maryland Music”
- James Prince Lee, Anglican Bishop of Manchester
- Thomas Baldwin, U.S. Baptist Minister and Hymn Writer
- William John Blew, English Priest and Hymn Writer
24 (CHRISTMAS EVE)
25 (CHRISTMAS DAY)
26 (SECOND DAY OF CHRISTMAS)
- STEPHEN, DEACON AND MARTYR
27 (THIRD DAY OF CHRISTMAS)
- JOHN THE EVANGELIST, APOSTLE
28 (FOURTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS)
- HOLY INNOCENTS, MARTYRS, 4 B.C.E
29 (FIFTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS)
- Antonio Caldara, Roman Catholic Composer and Musician
- John Burnett Morris, Sr., Episcopal Priest and Witness for Civil Rights
- Philipp Heinrich Molther, German Moravian Minister, Bishop, Composer, and Hymn Translator
- Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Martyr, 1170
- Thomas Cotterill, English Priest, Hymn Writer, and Liturgist
30 (SIXTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS)
- Allen Eastman Cross, U.S. Congregationalist Minister and Hymn Writer
- George Wallace Briggs, Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer
- John Main, Anglo-Canadian Roman Catholic Priest and Monk
- Josiah Booth, English Organist, Hymn Writer, and Hymn Tune Composer
- Frances Joseph-Gaudet, African-American Educator, Prison Reformer, and Social Worker
31 (SEVENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS)
- Giuseppina Nicoli, Italian Roman Catholic Nun and Minister to the Poor
- Henry Irving Louttit, Jr., Episcopal Bishop of Georgia
- New Year’s Eve
- Rossiter Worthington Raymond, U.S. Novelist, Poet, Hymn Writer, and Mining Engineer
- Zoticus of Constantinople, Priest and Martyr, Circa 351
Lowercase boldface on a date with two or more commemorations indicates a primary feast.
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