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1 (Henry Morse, English Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1645)
- Benedict Daswa, South African Roman Catholic Catechist and Martyr, 1990
- Charles Seymour Robinson, U.S. Presbyterian Minister, Hymn Writer, and Hymnologist
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian Roman Catholic Composer and Musician
- Mitchell J. Dahood, Roman Catholic Priest and Biblical Scholar
- Sigebert III, King of Austrasia
2 (PRESENTATION OF JESUS IN THE TEMPLE)
3 (Anskar and Rimbert, Roman Catholic Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen)
- Adelaide Anne Procter, English Poet and Feminist
- Alfred Delp, German Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1945
- James Nicholas Joubert and Marie Elizabeth Lange, Founders of the Oblate Sisters of Providence
- Jemima Thompson Luke, English Congregationalist Hymn Writer; and James Edmeston, Anglican Hymn Writer
- Samuel Davies, American Presbyterian Minister and Hymn Writer
4 (CORNELIUS THE CENTURION)
5 (Martyrs of Japan, 1597-1639)
- Avitus of Vienne, Roman Catholic Bishop
- Jane (Joan) of Valois, Co-Founder of the Sisters of the Annunciation
- Pedro Arrupe, Advocate for the Poor and Marginalized, and Superior General of the Society of Jesus
- Phileas and Philoromus, Roman Catholic Martyrs, 304
6 (Marcus Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, Poet and Hymn Writer)
- Danny Thomas, U.S. Roman Catholic Entertainer and Humanitarian; Founder of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- Mateo Correa-Magallanes and Miguel Agustin Pro, Mexican Roman Catholic Priests and Martyrs, 1927
- Vedast (Vaast), Roman Catholic Bishop of Arras and Cambrai
7 (Helder Camara, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Olinda and Recife)
- Adalbert Nierychlewski, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1942
- Daniel J. Harrington, U.S. Roman Catholic Priest and Biblical Scholar
- Gregorio Allegri, Italian Roman Catholic Priest, Composer, and Singer; brother of Domenico Allegri, Italian Roman Catholic Composer and Singer
- Moses, Apostle to the Saracens
- William Boyce and John Alcock, Anglican Composers
8 (Josephine Bakhita, Roman Catholic Nun)
- Cornelia Hancock, U.S. Quaker Nurse, Educator, and Humanitarian; “Florence Nightingale of North America”
- Jerome Emiliani, Founder of the Company of the Servants of the Poor
- John of Matha and Felix of Valois, Founders of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity
- Josephina Gabriella Bonino, Founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family
9 (Bruce M. Metzger, U.S. Presbyterian Minister, Biblical Scholar, and Biblical Translator)
- Alto of Altomunster, Roman Catholic Hermit
- Porfirio, Martyr, 203
10 (Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola; and her twin brother, Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino and Father of Western Monasticism)
- Benedict of Aniane, Restorer of Western Monasticism; and Ardo, Roman Catholic Abbot
- Henry Williams Baker, Anglican Priest, Hymnal Editor, Hymn Writer, and Hymn Translator
- Norbert of Xanten, Founder of the Premonstratensians; Hugh of Fosses, Second Founder of the Premonstratensians; and Evermod, Bishop of Ratzeburg
- Philip Armes, Anglican Church Organist
11 (ONESIMUS, BISHOP OF BYZANTIUM)
12 (Absalom Jones, Richard Allen, and Jarena Lee, Evangelists and Social Activists)
- Benjamin Schmolck, German Lutheran Pastor and Hymn Writer
- Charles Freer Andrews, Anglican Priest
- Julia Williams Garnet, African-American Abolitionist and Educator; her husband, Henry Highland Garnet, African-American Presbyterian Minister and Abolitionist; his second wife, Sarah J. Smith Tompkins Garnet, African-American Suffragette and Educator; her sister, Susan Maria Smith McKinney Steward, African-American Physician; and her second husband, Theophilus Gould Steward, U.S. African Methodist Episcopal Minister, Army Chaplain, and Professor
- Michael Weisse, German Moravian Minister and Hymn Writer and Translator; and Jan Roh, Bohemian Moravian Bishop and Hymn Writer
- Orange Scott, U.S. Methodist Minister, Abolitionist, and first President of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection
13 (AQUILA, PRISCILLA, AND APOLLOS, CO-WORKERS OF SAINT PAUL THE APOSTLE)
14 (Abraham of Carrhae, Roman Catholic Bishop)
- Christoph Carl Ludwig von Pfeil, German Lutheran Hymn Writer
- Cyril and Methodius, Apostles to the Slavs
- Francis Harold Rowley, Northern Baptist Minister, Humanitarian, and Hymn Writer
- Johann Michael Altenburg, German Lutheran Pastor, Composer, and Hymn Writer
- Victor Olof Petersen, Swedish-American Lutheran Hymn Translator
15 (New Martyrs of Libya, 2015)
- Ben Salmon, U.S. Roman Catholic Pacifist and Conscientious Objector
- Henry B. Whipple, Episcopal Bishop of Minnesota
- John Tietjen, U.S. Lutheran Minister, Ecumenist, and Bishop
- Michael Praetorius, German Lutheran Composer and Musicologist
- Thomas Bray, Anglican Priest and Missionary
16 (Philipp Melanchthon, German Lutheran Theologian and Scribe of the Reformation)
- Charles Todd Quintard, Episcopal Bishop of Tennessee
- Christian Frederick Martin, Sr., and Charles Augustus Zoebisch, German-American Instrument Makers
- Louis (Lewis) F. Kampmann, U.S. Moravian Minister, Missionary, and Hymn Translator
- Nicholas Kasatkin, Orthodox Archbishop of All Japan
17 (August Crull, German-American Lutheran Minister, Poet, Professor, Hymnodist, and Hymn Translator)
- Antoni Leszczewicz, Polish Roman Catholic Priest, and His Companions, Martyrs, 1943
- Edward Hopper, U.S. Presbyterian Minister and Hymn Writer
- Janini Luwum, Ugandan Anglican Archbishop and Martyr, 1977
- Johann Heermann, German Lutheran Minister and Hymn Writer
- John Meyendorff, Russian-French-American Orthodox Priest, Scholar, and Ecumenist
18 (Colman of Lindisfarne, Agilbert, and Wilfrid, Bishops)
- Barbasymas, Sadoth of Seleucia, and Their Companions, Martyrs, 342
- Guido di Pietro, a.k.a. Fra Angelico, Roman Catholic Monk and Artist
- James Drummond Burns, Scottish Presbyterian Minister, Hymn Writer, and Hymn Translator
19 (Nerses I the Great, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church; and Mesrop, Bible Translator)
- Agnes Tsao Kou Ying, Agatha Lin Zhao, and Lucy Yi Zhenmei, Chinese Roman Catholic Catechists and Martyrs, 1856, 1858, and 1862; Auguste Chapdelaine, French Roman Catholic Priest, Missionary, and Martyr, 1856; and Laurentius Bai Xiaoman, Chinese Roman Catholic Convert and Martyr, 1856
- Bernard Barton, English Quaker Poet and Hymn Writer
- Elizabeth C. Clephane, Scottish Presbyterian Humanitarian and Hymn Writer
- Massey H. Shepherd, Jr., Episcopal Priest, Ecumenist, and Liturgist; Dean of American Liturgists
20 (Henri de Lucac, French Roman Catholic Priest, Cardinal, and Theologian)
- Stanislawa Rodzinska, Polish Roman Catholic Nun and Martyr, 1945
- Wulfric of Haselbury, Roman Catholic Hermit
21 (John Henry Newman, English Roman Catholic Priest-Cardinal)
- Arnulf of Metz, Roman Catholic Bishop; and Germanus of Granfel, Roman Catholic Abbot and Martyr, 677
- Robert Southwell, English Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1595
- Thomas Pormort, English Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1592
22 (Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, and Christoph Probst, Anti-Nazi Martyrs at Munich, Germany, 1943)
- Bernhardt Severin Ingemann, Danish Lutheran Author and Hymn Writer
- Margaret of Cortona, Penitent and Founder of the Poor Ones
- Praetextatus, Roman Catholic Bishop of Rouen
- Thomas Binney, English Congregationalist Minister, Liturgist, and “Archbishop of Nonconformity”
23 (Ignatius of Antioch, Polycarp of Smyrna, and Irenaeus of Lyons, Bishops and Martyrs, 107/115, 155/156, and Circa 202)
- Alexander Akimetes, Roman Catholic Abbot
- Austin Carroll (Margaret Anne Carroll), Irish-American Roman Catholic Nun, Author, and Educator
- Samuel Wolcott, U.S. Congregationalist Minister, Missionary, and Hymn Writer
- Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski, Polish Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1945
- Willigis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mainz; and Bernward, Roman Catholic Bishop of Hildesheim
24 (MATTHIAS THE APOSTLE, MARTYR)
25 (Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder, Nonna, and Their Children: Gregory of Nazianzus the Younger, Caesarius of Nazianzus, and Gorgonia of Nazianzus)
- Bernhardt Severin Ingemann, Danish Lutheran Author and Hymn Writer
- Felix Varela, Cuban Roman Catholic Priest and Patriot
- John Roberts, Episcopal Missionary to the Shoshone and Arapahoe
- Karl Friedrich Lochner, German Lutheran Minister and Hymn Writer
- Theodor Fliedner, Renewer of the Female Diaconate; and Elizabeth Fedde, Norwegian Lutheran Deaconess
26 (Antonio Valdivieso, Roman Catholic Bishop of Leon, and Martyr, 1495)
- Andrew Reed, English Congregationalist Minister, Humanitarian, and Hymn Writer
- Charles Sheldon, U.S. Congregationalist Minister, Author, Christian Socialist, and Social Gospel Theologian
- Emily Malbone Morgan, Founder of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross
- Jakob Hutter, Founder of the Hutterities, and Anabaptist Martyr, 1536; and his wife, Katharina Hutter, Anabaptist Martyr, 1538
- Paula of Saint Joseph of Calasanz, Founder of the Daughters of Mary
27 (Nicholas Ferrar, Anglican Deacon and Founder of Little Gidding; George Herbert, Anglican Priest and Metaphysical Poet; and All Saintly Parish Priests)
- Anne Line and Roger Filcock, English Roman Catholic Martyrs, 1601
- Fred Rogers, U.S. Presbyterian Minister and Host of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
- Gabriel Possenti, Roman Catholic Penitent
- Marian Anderson, African-American Singer and Civil Rights Activist
- Raphael of Brooklyn, Syrian-American Russian Orthodox Bishop of Brooklyn
28 (Anna Julia Haywood Cooper and Elizabeth Evelyn Wright, African-American Educators)
- Mary Lyon, U.S. Congregationalist Feminist and Educator
- Joseph Badger, Sr., U.S. Congregationalist and Presbyterian Minister; First Missionary to the Western Reserve
- Samuel Simon Schmucker, U.S. Lutheran Minister, Theologian, and Social Reformer
29 (John Cassian and John Climacus, Roman Catholic Monks and Spiritual Writers)
- Luis de Leon, Spanish Roman Catholic Priest and Theologian
- Patrick Hamilton, First Scottish Protestant Martyr, 1528
Lowercase boldface on a date with two or more commemorations indicates a primary feast.
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