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1 (Anna of Oxenhall and Her Faithful Descendants, Wenna the Queen, Non, Samson of Dol, Cybi, and David of Wales)
- Edwin Hodder, English Biographer, Devotional Writer, and Hymn Writer
- George Wishart, Scottish Calvinist Reformer and Martyr, 1546; and Walter Milne, Scottish Protestant Martyr, 1558
- Roger Lefort, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bourges
2 (Shabbaz Bhatti and Other Christian Martyrs of the Islamic World)
- Aidan of Lindisfarne, Celtic Missionary Bishop; Caelin, Celtic Priest; Cedd of Lastingham, Celtic and Roman Catholic Priest, Bishop of Essex, and Abbot of Lastingham; Cynibil of Lastingham, Celtic and Roman Catholic Priest and Monk; Chad of Mercia, Celtic and Roman Catholic Priest, Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of York/the Northumbrians and of Lichfield/the Mercians and the Lindsey People; Vitalian, Bishop of Rome; Adrian of Canterbury, Roman Catholic Abbot of Saints Peter and Paul, Canterbury; Theodore of Tarsus, Roman Catholic Monk and Archbishop of Canterbury; and Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, Celtic and Roman Catholic Monk, Hermit, Priest, and Bishop of Lindisfarne
- Daniel March, Sr., U.S. Congregationalist and Presbyterian Minister, Poet, Hymn Writer, and Liturgist
- John Stuart Blackie, Scottish Presbyterian Scholar, Linguist, Poet, Theologian, and Hymn Writer
- Ludmilla of Bohemia, Duchess of Bohemia, and Martyr, 921; her grandson, Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, and Martyr, 929; Agnes of Prague, Bohemian Princess and Nun; her pen pal, Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Poor Clares; her sister, Agnes of Assisi, Abbess at Monticelli; and her mother, Hortulana of Assisi, Poor Clare Nun
3 (Katharine Drexel, Founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament)
- Antonio Francesco Marzorati, Johannes Laurentius Weiss, and Michele Pro Fasoli, Franscican Missionary Priests and Martyrs in Ethiopia, 1716
- Gervinus, Roman Catholic Abbot and Scholar
- Henry Elias Fries, U.S. Moravian Industrialist; and his wife, Rosa Elvira Fries, U.S. Moravian Musician
- Teresa Eustochio Verzeri, Founder of the Institute of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
4 (Charles Simeon, Anglican Priest and Promoter of Missions; Henry Martyn, Anglican Priest, Linguist, Translator, and Missionary; and Abdul Masih, Indian Convert and Missionary)
- Henry Suso, German Roman Catholic Mystic, Preacher, and Spiritual Writer
- John Edgar Park, U.S. Presbyterian then Congregationalist Minister and Hymn Writer
- Thomas Hornblower Gill, English Unitarian then Anglican Hymn Writer
5 (Karl Rahner, Jesuit Priest and Theologian)
- Ambrose Phillipps de Lisle, English Roman Catholic Convert, Spiritual Writer, and Translator of Spiritual Writings; Founder of Mount Saint Bernard Abbey
- Christopher Macassoli of Vigevano, Franciscan Priest
- Eusebius of Cremona, Roman Catholic Abbot and Humanitarian
- Ion Costist, Franciscan Lay Brother
- John S. Stamm, Bishop of The Evangelical Church then the Evangelical United Brethren Church
6 (Martin Niemoller, German Lutheran Minister and Peace Activist)
- Chrodegang of Metz, Roman Catholic Bishop
- Fred B. Craddock, U.S. Disciples of Christ Minister, Biblical Scholar, and Renowned Preacher
- Jean-Pierre de Caussade, French Roman Catholic Priest and Spiritual Director
- Jordan of Pisa, Dominican Evangelist
- William Bright, Anglican Canon, Scholar, and Hymn Writer
7 (James Hewitt McGown, U.S. Presbyterian Humanitarian)
- Drausinus and Ansericus, Roman Catholic Bishops of Soissons; Vindician, Roman Catholic Bishop of Cambrai; and Leodegarius, Roman Catholic Bishop of Autun
- Edward Osler, English Doctor, Editor, and Poet
- Maria Antonia de Paz y Figueroa, Founder of the Daughters of the Divine Savior
- Paul Cuffee, U.S. Presbyterian Missionary to the Shinnecock Nation
- Perpetua, Felicity, and Their Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203
8 (Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln)
- Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer
- John Hampden Gurney, Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer
- John of God, Founder of the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God
9 (Harriet Tubman, U.S. Abolitionist)
- Emanuel Cronenwett, U.S. Lutheran Minister, Hymn Writer, and Hymn Translator
- Frances of Rome, Founder of the Collatines
- Johann Pachelbel, German Lutheran Organist and Composer
- Sophronius of Jerusalem, Roman Catholic Patriarch
10 (Marie-Joseph Lagrange, Roman Catholic Priest and Biblical Scholar)
- Agripinnus of Autun, Roman Catholic Bishop; Germanus of Paris, Roman Catholic Bishop; and Droctoveus of Autun, Roman Catholic Abbot
- Alexander Clark, U.S. Methodist Protestant Minister, Hymn Writer, and Hymnal Editor
- Folliot Sandford Pierpoint, Anglican Educator, Poet, and Hymn Writer
- John Oglivie, Scottish Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1615
- Macarius of Jerusalem, Roman Catholic Bishop
11 (John Swertner, Dutch-German Moravian Minister, Hymn Writer, Hymn Translator, and Hymnal Editor; and his collaborator, John Mueller, German-English Moravian Minister, Hymn Writer, and Hymnal Editor)
- Aengus the Culdee, Hermit and Monk; and Maelruan, Abbot
- Eulogius of Spain, Roman Catholic Bishop of Toledo, Cordoba; and Leocrita; Roman Catholic Martyrs, 859
- Francis Wayland, U.S. Baptist Minister, Educator, and Social Reformer
- Mary Ann Thomson, Episcopal Hymn Writer
- Pal Prennushi, Albanian Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1948
12 (Trasilla and Emiliana; their sister-in-law, Sylvia of Rome; and her son, Gregory I “the Great,” Bishop of Rome)
- Henry Walford Davies, Anglican Organist and Composer
- John H. Caldwell, U.S. Methodist Minister and Social Reformer
- Maximillian of Treveste, Roman Conscientious Objector and Martyr, 295
- Rutilio Grande, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1977
- Theophanes the Chroncler, Defender of Icons
13 (Yves Congar, Roman Catholic Priest and Theologian)
- Heldrad, Roman Catholic Abbot
- James Theodore Holly, Episcopal Bishop of Haiti, and the Dominican Republic; First African-American Bishop in The Episcopal Church
- Plato of Symboleon and Theodore Studites, Eastern Orthodox Abbots; and Nicephorus of Constantinople, Patriarch
- Roderic of Cabra and Solomon of Cordoba, Roman Catholic Martyrs, 857
14 (Fannie Lou Hamer, Prophet of Freedom)
- Albert Lister Peace, Organist in England and Scotland
- Harriet King Osgood Munger, U.S. Congregationalist Hymn Writer
- Nehemiah Goreh, Indian Anglican Priest and Theologian
- Vincenzina Cusmano, Superior of the Sisters Servants of the Poor; and her brother, Giacomo Cusmano, Founder of the Sisters Servants of the Poor and the Missionary Servants of the Poor
- William Leddra, British Quaker Martyr in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1661
15 (Zachary of Rome, Bishop of Rome)
- Jan Adalbert Balicki and Ladislaus Findysz, Roman Catholic Priests in Poland
- Ozora Stearns Davis, U.S. Congregationalist Minister, Theologian, and Hymn Writer
- Vethappan Solomon, Apostle to the Nicobar Islands
16 (Adalbald of Ostevant, Rictrudis of Marchiennes, and Their Relations)
- Abraham Kidunaia, Roman Catholic Hermit; and Mary of Edessa, Roman Catholic Anchoress
- John Cacciafronte, Roman Catholic Monk, Abbot, Bishop, and Martyr, 1183
- Megingaud of Wurzburg, Roman Catholic Monk and Bishop
- Thomas Wyatt Turner, U.S. Roman Catholic Scientist, Educator, and Civil Rights Activist; Founder of Federated Colored Catholics
17 (Patrick, Apostle of Ireland)
- Ebenezer Elliott, “The Corn Law Rhymer”
- Henry Scott Holland, Anglican Hymn Writer and Priest
- Jan Sarkander, Silesian Roman Catholic Priest and “Martyr of the Confessional,” 1620
- Maria Barbara Maix, Founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
18 (Leonides of Alexandria, Roman Catholic Martyr, 202; Origen, Roman Catholic Theologian; Demetrius of Alexandria, Roman Catholic Bishop; and Alexander of Jerusalem, Roman Catholic Bishop)
- Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop, Theologian, and Liturgist
- Eliza Sibbald Alderson, Poet and Hymn Writer; and John Bacchus Dykes, Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer
- Paul of Cyprus, Eastern Orthodox Martyr, 760
- Robert Walmsley, English Congregationalist Hymn Writer
19 (JOSEPH OF NAZARETH, HUSBAND OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD)
20 (Sebastian Castellio, Prophet of Religious Liberty)
- Christopher Wordsworth, Hymn Writer and Anglican Bishop of Lincoln
- Ellen Gates Starr, U.S. Episcopalian then Roman Catholic Social Activist and Reformer
- Maria Josefa Sancho de Guerra, Founder of the Congregation of the Servants of Jesus
- Samuel Rodigast, German Lutheran Academic and Hymn Writer
21 (Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and Johann Christian Bach, Composers)
- Nicholas of Flüe and his grandson, Conrad Scheuber, Swiss Hermits
- Serapion of Thmuis, Roman Catholic Bishop
22 (Deogratias, Roman Catholic Bishop of Carthage)
- Emmanuel Mournier, French Personalist Philosopher
- James De Koven, Episcopal Priest
- Thomas Hughes, British Social Reformer and Member of Parliament
- William Edward Hickson, English Music Educator and Social Reformer
23 (Gregory the Illuminator and Isaac the Great, Patriarchs of Armenia)
- Meister Eckhart, Roman Catholic Theologian and Mystic
- Metodej Dominik Trčka, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1959
- Umphrey Lee, U.S. Methodist Minister and President of Southern Methodist University
- Victorian of Hadrumetum, Martyr at Carthage, 484
- Walter of Pontoise, French Roman Catholic Abbot and Ecclesiastical Reformer
24 (Oscar Romero, Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Salvador; and the Martyrs of El Salvador, 1980-1992)
- Didacus Joseph of Cadiz, Capuchin Friar
- George Rundle Prynne, Anglican Priest, Poet, and Hymn Writer
- Paul Couturier, Apostle of Christian Unity
- Thomas Attwood, “Father of Modern Church Music”
25 (ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST)
- Dismas, Penitent Bandit
26 (Margaret Clitherow, English Roman Catholic Martyr, 1586)
- Flannery O’Connor, U.S. Roman Catholic Writer
- James Rendel Harris, Anglo-American Congregationalist then Quaker Biblical Scholar and Orientalist; Robert Lubbock Bensly, English Biblical Translator and Orientalist; Agnes Smith Lewis and Margaret Dunlop Smith Gibson, English Biblical Scholars and Linguists; Samuel Savage Lewis, Anglican Priest and Librarian of Corpus Christi College; and James Young Gibson, Scottish United Presbyterian Minister and Literary Translator
- Ludger, Roman Catholic Bishop of Munster
27 (Charles Henry Brent, Episcopal Missionary Bishop of the Philippines, Bishop of Western New York, and Ecumenist)
- Nicholas Owen, Thomas Garnet, Mark Barkworth, Edward Oldcorne, and Ralph Ashley, Roman Catholic Martyrs, 1601-1608
- Robert Hall Baynes, Anglican Bishop of Madagascar
- Rupert of Salzburg, Apostle of Bavaria and Austria
- Stanley Rother, U.S. Roman Catholic Priest, Missionary, and Martyr in Guatemala, 1981
28 (James Solomon Russell, Episcopal Priest, Educator, and Advocate for Racial Equality)
- Elizabeth Rundle Charles, Anglican Writer, Hymn Translator, and Hymn Writer
- Guntram of Burgundy, King
- Katharine Lee Bates, U.S. Educator, Poet, and Hymn Writer
- Richard Chevenix Trench, Anglican Archbishop of Dublin
- Tutilo, Roman Catholic Monk and Composer
29 (Charles Villiers Stanford, Composer, Organist, and Conductor)
- Dora Greenwell, Poet and Devotional Writer
- John Keble, Anglican Priest and Poet
- Jonas and Barachisius, Roman Catholic Martyrs, 327
30 (Innocent of Alaska, Equal to the Apostles and Enlightener of North America)
- Cordelia Cox, U.S. Lutheran Social Worker, Educator, and Resettler of Refugees
- John Wright Buckham, U.S. Congregationalist Minister, Theologian, and Hymn Writer
- Julio Alvarez Mendoza, Mexican Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1927
31 (Maria Skobtsova, Russian Orthodox Martyr, 1945)
- Ernest Trice Thompson, U.S. Presbyterian Minister and Renewer of the Church
- Franz Joseph Haydn and his brother, Michael Haydn, Composers
- Joan of Toulouse, Carmelite Nun; and Simon Stock, Carmelite Friar
- John Donne, Anglican Priest and Poet
- John Marriott, Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer
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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