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1 (Justin Martyr, Christian Apologist and Martyr, 166/167)
- David Abeel, U.S. Dutch Reformed Minister and Missionary to Asia
- Pamphilus of Caesarea, Bible Scholar and Translator; and His Companions, Martyrs, 309
- Samuel Stennett, English Seventh-Day Baptist Minister and Hymn Writer; and John Howard, English Humanitarian
- Simeon of Syracuse, Roman Catholic Monk
- William Robinson, Marmaduke Stephenson, and Mary Dyer, British Quaker Martyrs in Boston, Massachusetts, 1659 and 1660
2 (Blandina and Her Companions, the Martyrs of Lyons, 177)
- Anders Christensen Arrebo, “The Father of Danish Poetry”
- Christoph Homburg, German Lutheran Hymn Writer
- John Lancaster Spalding, Roman Catholic Bishop of Peoria then Titular Bishop of Seythopolis
- Margaret Elizabeth Sangster, Hymn Writer, Novelist, and Devotional Writer
- Stephen of Sweden, Roman Catholic Missionary, Bishop, and Martyr, Circa 1075
3 (John XXIII, Bishop of Rome)
- Christian Gottfried Geisler and Johann Christian Geisler, Silesian Moravian Organists and Composers; and Johannes Herbst, German-American Organist, Composer, and Bishop
- Frances Ridley Havergal, English Hymn Writer and Composer
- Ole T. (Sanden) Arneson, U.S. Norwegian Lutheran Hymn Translator
- Will Campbell, Agent of Reconciliation
4 (Stanislaw Kostka Starowieyski, Roman Catholic Martyr, 1941)
- Francis Caracciolo, Co-Founder of the Minor Clerks Regular
- Maurice Blondel, French Roman Catholic Philosopher and Forerunner of the Second Vatican Council
- Petroc, Welsh Prince, Abbot, and Missionary
- Thomas Raymond Kelly, U.S. Quaker Mystic and Professor of Philosophy
5 (Dorotheus of Tyre, Bishop of Tyre, and Martyr, Circa 362)
- Elias Benjamin Sanford, U.S. Methodist then Congregationalist Minister and Ecumenist
- Orlando Gibbons, Anglican Organist and Composer; the “English Palestrina”
6 (Franklin Clark Fry, President of The United Lutheran Church in America and the Lutheran Church in America)
- Claude of Besançon, Roman Catholic Priest, Monk, Abbot, and Bishop
- Henry James Buckoll, Author and Translator of Hymns
- Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood
- Johann Friedrich Hertzog, German Lutheran Hymn Writer
- William Kethe, Presbyterian Hymn Writer
7 (Matthew Talbot, Recovering Alcoholic in Dublin, Ireland)
- Anthony Mary Gianelli, Founder of the Missionaries of Saint Alphonsus Liguori and the Sisters of Mary dell’Orto
- Frederick Lucian Hosmer, U.S. Unitarian Hymn Writer
- Hubert Lafayette Sone and his wife, Katie Helen Jackson Sone, U.S. Methodist Missionaries and Humanitarians in China, Singapore, and Malaysia
- Seattle, First Nations Chief, War Leader, and Diplomat
8 (Clara Luper, Witness for Civil Rights)
- Bliss Wiant, U.S. Methodist Minister, Missionary, Musician, Music Educator, and Hymn Translator, Arranger, and Harmonizer; and his wife, Mildred Artz Wiant, U.S. Methodist Missionary, Musician, Music Educator, and Hymn Translator
- Charles Augustus Briggs, U.S. Presbyterian Minister, Episcopal Priest, Biblical Scholar, and Alleged Heretic; and his daughter, Emilie Grace Briggs, Biblical Scholar and “Heretic’s Daughter”
- Gerard Manley Hopkins, English Roman Catholic Poet and Jesuit Priest
- Henry Downton, Anglican Priest, Hymn Writer, and Hymn Translator
- Roland Allen, Anglican Priest, Missionary, and Mission Strategist
9 (Columba of Iona, Celtic Missionary and Abbot)
- Giovanni Maria Boccardo, Founder of the Poor Sisters of Saint Cajetan/Gaetano; and his brother, Luigi Boccardo, Apostle of Merciful Love
- José de Anchieta, Apostle of Brazil and Father of Brazilian National Literature
- Thomas Joseph Potter, Roman Catholic Priest, Poet, and Hymn Writer
- Will Herzfeld, U.S. Lutheran Ecumenist, Presiding Bishop of the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, and Civil Rights Activist
10 (James of Nisibis, Bishop; and Ephrem of Edessa, “The Harp of the Holy Spirit”)
- Frank Laubach, U.S. Congregationalist Minister and Missionary
- Frederick C. Grant, Episcopal Priest and New Testament Scholar; and his son, Robert M. Grant, Episcopal Priest and Patristics Scholar
- Getulius, Amantius, Caeraelis, and Primitivus, Martyrs at Tivoli, 120; and Symphorosa of Tivoli, Martyr, 120
- Landericus of Paris, Roman Catholic Bishop
- Thor Martin Johnson, U.S. Moravian Conductor and Music Director
11 (BARNABAS THE APOSTLE, CO-WORKER OF SAINT PAUL THE APOSTLE)
12 (Edwin Paxton Hood, English Congregationalist Minister, Philanthropist, and Hymn Writer)
- Christian David Jaeschke, German Moravian Organist and Composer; and his grandson, Henri Marc Hermann Voldemar Voullaire, Moravian Composer and Minister
- Enmegahbowh, Episcopal Priest and Missionary to the Ojibwa Nation
- Joseph Dacre Carlyle, Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer
- Milton Smith Littlefield, Jr., U.S. Presbyterian and Congregationalist Minister, Hymn Writer, and Hymnal Editor
- William Cullen Bryant, U.S. Poet, Journalist, and Hymn Writer
13 (Spyridon of Cyprus, Bishop of Tremithus, Cyprus; and his convert, Tryphillius of Leucosia, Bishop of Leucosia, Cyprus; Opponents of Arianism)
- Brevard S. Childs, U.S. Presbyterian Biblical Scholar
- Sigismund von Birken, German Lutheran Hymn Writer
14 (Methodius I of Constantinople, Defender of Icons and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constaninople; and Joseph the Hymnographer, Defender of Icons and the “Sweet-Voiced Nightingale of the Church”)
- David Low Dodge, U.S. Presbyterian Businessman and Pacifist
15 (John Ellerton, Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer and Translator)
- Carl Heinrich von Bogatsky, Hungarian-German Lutheran Hymn Writer
- Dorothy Frances Blomfield Gurney, English Poet and Hymn Writer
- Evelyn Underhill, Anglican Mystic and Theologian
- Landelinus of Vaux, Roman Catholic Abbot; Aubert of Cambrai, Roman Catholic Bishop; Ursmar of Lobbes, Roman Catholic Abbot and Missionary Bishop; and Domitian, Hadelin, and Dodo of Lobbes, Roman Catholic Monks
16 (George Berkeley, Irish Anglican Bishop and Philosopher; and Joseph Butler, Anglican Bishop and Theologian)
- Francis J. Uplegger, German-American Lutheran Minister and Missionary; “Old Man Missionary”
- John Francis Regis, Roman Catholic Priest
- Norman Macleod, Scottish Presbyterian Minister and Hymn Writer; and his cousin, John Macleod, Scottish Presbyterian Minister, Liturgist, and Hymn Writer
- Rufus Jones, U.S. Quaker Theologian and Co-Founder of the American Friends Service Committee
- William Hiram Foulkes, U.S. Presbyterian Minister and Hymn Writer
17 (Samuel Barnett, Anglican Canon of Westminster, and Social Reformer; and his wife, Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformer)
- Edith Boyle MacAlister, English Novelist and Hymn Writer
- Emily de Vialar, Founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Apparition
- Jane Cross Bell Simpson, Scottish Presbyterian Poet and Hymn Writer
- Mark Hopkins, U.S. Congregationalist Minister, Theologian, Educator, and Physician
- Teresa and Mafalda of Portugal, Princesses, Queens, and Nuns; and Sanchia of Portugal, Princess and Nun
18 (William Bingham Tappan, U.S. Congregationalist Minister, Poet, and Hymn Writer)
- Adolphus Nelson, Swedish-American Lutheran Minister and Hymn Writer
- Bernard Mizeki, Anglican Catechist and Convert in Southern Rhodesia, 1896
- Johann Franck, Heinrich Held, and Simon Dach, German Lutheran Hymn Writers
- Richard Massie, Hymn Translator
- Vernard Eller, U.S. Church of the Brethren Minister and Theologian
19 (John Dalberg Acton, English Roman Catholic Historian, Philosopher, and Social Critic)
- Adelaide Teague Case, Episcopal Professor of Christian Education, and Advocate for Peace
- Michel-Richard Delalande, French Roman Catholic Composer
- William Pierson Merrill, U.S. Presbyterian Minister, Social Reformer, and Hymn Writer
20 (Joseph Augustus Seiss, U.S. Lutheran Minister, Liturgist, Hymn Writer, and Hymn Translator)
- Alfred Ramsey, U.S. Lutheran Minister and Hymn Translator
- Bernard Adam Grube, German-American Minister, Missionary, Composer, and Musician
- Charles Coffin, Roman Catholic Priest and Hymn Writer
- Hans Adolf Brorson, Danish Lutheran Bishop, Hymn Writer, and Hymn Translator
- William John Sparrow-Simpson, Anglican Priest, Hymn Writer, and Patristics Scholar
21 (Aloysius Gonzaga, Jesuit)
- Carl Bernhard Garve, German Moravian Minister, Liturgist, and Hymn Writer
- Charitie Lees Smith Bancroft de Chenez, Hymn Writer
- John Jones and John Rigby, Roman Catholic Martyrs, 1598 and 1600
22 (Alban, First British Martyr, Circa 209 or 305)
- Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch Roman Catholic Priest, Biblical and Classical Scholar, and Controversialist; John Fisher, English Roman Catholic Classical Scholar, Bishop of Rochester, Cardinal, and Martyr, 1535; and Thomas More, English Roman Catholic Classical Scholar, Jurist, Theologian, Controversialist, and Martyr, 1535
- Gerhard Gieschen, U.S. Lutheran Minister and Hymn Translator
- James Arthur MacKinnon, Canadian Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr in the Dominican Republic, 1965
- Nicetas of Remesiana, Roman Catholic Bishop
- Paulinus of Nola, Roman Catholic Bishop of Nola
23 (John Gerard, English Jesuit Priest; and Mary Ward, Founder of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
- Heinrich Gottlob Gutter, German-American Instrument Maker, Repairman, and Merchant
- John Johns, English Presbyterian Minister and Hymn Writer
- Vincent Lebbe, Belgian-Chinese Roman Catholic Priest and Missionary; Founder of the Little Brothers of Saint John the Baptist
- Wilhelm Heinrich Wauer, German Moravian Composer and Musician
24 (NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST)
25 (William Henry Heard, African Methodist Episcopal Missionary and Bishop)
- Domingo Henares de Zafira Cubero, Roman Catholic Bishop of Phunhay, Vietnam, and Martyr, 1838; Phanxicô Đo Van Chieu, Vietnamese Roman Catholic Catechist and Martyr, 1838; and Clemente Ignacio Delgado Cebrián, Roman Catholic Bishop and Martyr in Vietnam, 1838
- William of Vercelli, Roman Catholic Hermit; and John of Matera, Roman Catholic Abbot
26 (Isabel Florence Hapgood, U.S. Journalist, Translator, and Ecumenist)
- Andrea Giacinto Longhin, Roman Catholic Bishop of Treviso
- Pearl S. Buck, U.S. Presbyterian Missionary, Novelist, and Social Activist
- Philip Doddridge, English Congregationalist Minister and Hymn Writer
- Theodore H. Robinson, British Baptist Orientalist and Biblical Scholar
- Virgil Michel, U.S. Roman Catholic Monk, Academic, and Pioneer of Liturgical Renewal
27 (Cornelius Hill, Oneida Chief and Episcopal Priest)
- Arialdus of Milan, Italian Roman Catholic Deacon and Martyr, 1066
- Hugh Thomson Kerr, Sr., U.S. Presbyterian Minister and Liturgist; and his son, Hugh Thomson Kerr, Jr., U.S. Presbyterian Minister, Scholar, and Theologian
- James Moffatt, Scottish Presbyterian Minister, Scholar, and Bible Translator
- John the Georgian, Abbot; and Euthymius of Athos and George of the Black Mountain, Abbots and Translators
28 (Teresa Maria Mastena, Founder of the Institute of the Sisters of the Holy Face)
- Clara Louise Maass, U.S. Lutheran Nurse and Martyr, 1901
- Plutarch, Marcella, Potanominaena, and Basilides of Alexandria, Martyrs, 202
- William Mundy and John Mundy, English Composers and Musicians
29 (PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES AND MARTYRS)
30 (Johann Olaf Wallin, Archbishop of Uppsala, and Hymn Writer)
- Gennaro Maria Sarnelli, Italian Roman Catholic Priest and Missionary to the Vulnerable and Exploited People of Naples
- Heinrich Lonas, German Moravian Organist, Composer, and Liturgist
- Paul Hanly Furfey, U.S. Roman Catholic Priest, Sociologist, and Social Radical
- Philip Powel, English Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1646
Floating
- First Book of Common Prayer, 1549
Lowercase boldface on a date with two or more commemorations indicates a primary feast.
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