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1 (ALL SAINTS)
2 (ALL SOULS/COMMEMORATION OF ALL FAITHFUL DEPARTED)
3 (Richard Hooker, Anglican Priest and Theologian)
- Daniel Payne, African Methodist Episcopal Bishop
- John Worthington, British Moravian Minister and Composer; John Antes, U.S. Moravian Instrument Maker, Composer, and Missionary; Benjamin Henry LaTrobe, Sr., British Moravian Bishop and Hymn Writer; Christian Ignatius LaTrobe, British Moravian Composer; Peter LaTrobe, British Moravian Bishop and Composer; Johann Christopher Pyrlaeus, Moravian Missionary and Musician; and Augustus Gottlieb Spangenberg, Moravian Bishop and Hymn Writer
- Pierre-François Néron, French Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr in Vietnam, 1860
4 (Ludolph Ernst Schlicht, Moravian Minister, Musician, and Hymn Writer; John Gambold, Sr., British Moravian Bishop, Hymn Writer, and Translator of Hymns; and John Gambold, Jr., Moravian Composer)
- Augustus Montague Toplady, Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer
- Léon Bloy, French Roman Catholic Novelist and Social Critic; his godson, Jacques Maritain, French Roman Catholic Philosopher; and his wife, Raïssa Maritain, French Roman Catholic Contemplative
- Theodore Weld, U.S. Congregationalist then Quaker Abolitionist and Educator; his wife, Angelina Grimké, U.S. Presbyterian then Quaker Abolitionist, Educator, and Feminist; her sister, Sarah Grimké, U.S. Episcopalian then Quaker Abolitionist and Feminist; her nephew, Francis Grimké, African-American Presbyterian Minister and Civil Rights Activist; and his wife, Charlotte Grimké, African-American Abolitionist and Educator
5 (Bernard Lichtenberg, German Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1943)
- Guido Maria Conforti, Founder of the Xavierian Missionaries
- Hryhorii Lakota, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1950
6 (Christian Gregor, Father of Moravian Church Music)
- Arthur Tappan and Lewis Tappan, U.S. Congregationalist Businessmen and Abolitionists; colleagues and financial backers of Samuel Eli Cornish and Theodore S. Wright, African-American Ministers and Abolitionists
- Giovanni Gabrieli and Hans Leo Hassler, Composers and Organists; and Claudio Monteverdi and Heinrich Schutz, Composers and Musicians
- Halford E. Luccock, U.S. Methodist Minister and Biblical Scholar
- Magdeleine of Jesus, Founder of the Little Sisters of Jesus
7 (Willibrord, Apostle to the Frisians; and Boniface of Mainz, Apostle to the Germans)
- Benedict Joseph Flaget, Roman Catholic Bishop of Bardstown then of Louisville, Kentucky
- Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States, and Civil Rights Activist
- Eugene Carson Blake, U.S. Presbyterian Minister, Ecumenist, and Moral Critic
- John Cawood, Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer
- John Christian Frederick Heyer, Lutheran Missionary in the United States and India; Bartholomeaus Ziegenbalg, Jr., Lutheran Minister to the Tamils; and Ludwig Nommensen, Lutheran Missionary to Sumatra and Apostle to the Batak
8 (John Duns Scotus, Scottish Roman Catholic Priest and Theologian)
- Elizabeth of the Trinity, French Roman Catholic Nun, Mystic, and Religious Writer
- Johann von Staupitz, Martin Luther’s Spiritual Mentor
- John Caspar Mattes, U.S. Lutheran Minister and Liturgist
- Pambo of Nitria, Ammonius of Skete, Palladius of Galatia, Macarius of Egypt, Macarius of Alexandria, and Pishoy, Desert Fathers; Evagrius of Pontus, Monk and Scholar; Melania the Elder, Desert Mother; Rufinus of Aquileia, Monk and Theologian; Didymus the Blind, Biblical Scholar; John II, Bishop of Jerusalem; Melania the Younger, Desert Mother; and her husband, Pinian, Monk
9 (Martin Chemnitz, German Lutheran Theologian, and the “Second Martin”)
- Andreas Peter Berggreen, Danish Lutheran Musicologist, Organist, Music Educator, and Composer
- Elijah P. Lovejoy, U.S. Journalist, Abolitionist, Presbyterian Minister, and Martyr, 1837; his brother, Owen Lovejoy, U.S. Abolitionist, Lawmaker, and Congregationalist Minister; and William Wells Brown, African-American Abolitionist, Novelist, Historian, and Physician
- Johann(es) Matthaus Meyfart, German Lutheran Educator and Devotional Writer
- Margery Kempe, English Roman Catholic Mystic and Pilgrim
- William Croswell, Episcopal Priest and Hymn Writer
10 (Leo I “the Great,” Bishop of Rome)
- Lott Cary, African-American Baptist Minister and Missionary to Liberia; and Melville B. Cox, U.S. Methodist Minister and Missionary to Liberia
- Odette Prévost, French Roman Catholic Nun, and Martyr in Algeria, 1995
11 (Anne Steele, First Important English Female Hymn Writer)
- Alijca Maria Jadwiga Kotowska, Polish Roman Catholic Nun and Martyr, 1939
- Edwin Hatch, Anglican Priest, Scholar, and Hymn Writer
- Martha Coffin Pelham Wright; her sister, Lucretia Coffin Mott; her husband, James Mott; his sister, Abigail Lydia Mott Moore; and her husband, Lindley Murray Moore; U.S. Quaker Abolitionists and Feminists
- Peter Taylor Forsyth, Scottish Congregationalist Minister and Theologian
12 (Josaphat Kuntsevych, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Polotsk, and Martyr, 1623)
- John Tavener, English Presbyterian then Orthodox Composer
- Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican Roman Catholic Nun, Composer, Writer, Philosopher, Feminist, and Alleged Heretic
- Ray Palmer, U.S. Congregationalist Minister and Hymn Writer
- William Arthur Dunkerley, British Novelist, Poet, and Hymn Writer
13 (Henry Martyn Dexter, U.S. Congregationalist Minister and Historian)
- Abbo of Fleury, Roman Catholic Abbot
- Brice of Tours, Roman Catholic Bishop
- Frances Xavier Cabrini, Founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart
- William Romanis, Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer
14 (Samuel Seabury, Episcopal Bishop of Connecticut, and Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church)
- Maria Luiza Merkert, Co-Founder of the Sisters of Saint Elizabeth
- Nicholas Tavelic and His Companions, Roman Catholic Martyrs, 1391
- Peter Wolle, U.S. Moravian Bishop, Organist, and Composer; Theodore Francis Wolle, U.S. Moravian Organist and Composer; and John Frederick “J. Fred” Wolle, U.S. Moravian Organist, Composer, and Choir Director
15 (John Amos Comenius, Father of Modern Education)
- Gustaf Aulén and his protégé and colleague, Anders Nygren, Swedish Lutheran Bishops and Theologians
- Jane Montgomery Campbell, Anglican Hymn Translator and Music Educator
- Johann Gottlob Klemm, Instrument Maker; David Tannenberg, Sr., German-American Moravian Organ Builder; Johann Philip Bachmann, German-American Moravian Instrument Maker; Joseph Ferdinand Bulitschek, Bohemian-American Organ Builder; and Tobias Friedrich, German Moravian Composer and Musician
- Johannes Kepler, German Lutheran Astronomer and Mathematician
- Joseph Pignatelli, Restorer of the Jesuits
16 (Margaret of Scotland, Queen, Humanitarian, and Ecclesiastical Reformer)
- Giuseppe Moscati, Italian Roman Catholic Physician
- Ignacio Ellacuria and His Companions, Martyrs in El Salvador, November 15, 1989
- Jesuit Martyrs of Paraguay, 1628
17 (Henriette DeLille, Founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family)
- Hugh of Lincoln, Roman Catholic Bishop and Abbot
18 (Hilda of Whitby, Roman Catholic Abbess)
- Arthur Tozer Russell, Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer
- Isabel Alice Hartley Crawford, Baptist Missionary to the Kiowa Nation
- Jane Eliza(beth) Leeson, English Hymn Writer
19 (Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess of Hungary, and Humanitarian)
- Alice Nevin, U.S. German Reformed Liturgist and Composer of Hymn Texts
- Arthur Henry Mann, Anglican Organist, Choir Director, Hymnodist, and Hymn Tune Composer
- Johann Christian Till, U.S. Moravian Organist, Composer, and Piano Builder; and his son, Jacob Christian Till, U.S. Moravian Piano Builder
- Johann Hermann Schein, German Lutheran Composer
- Samuel John Stone, Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer
20 (F. Bland Tucker, Episcopal Priest and Hymnodist; “The Dean of American Hymn Writers”)
- Henry Francis Lyte, Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer
- Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of Religious Life in The Church of England
- Richard Watson Gilder, U.S. Poet, Journalist, and Social Reformer
- Theodore Claudius Pease, U.S. Congregationalist Minister and Hymn Writer
21 (Thomas Tallis and his student and colleague, William Byrd, English Composers and Organists; and John Merbecke, English Composer, Organist, and Theologian)
- Guy Ignatius Chabrat, Roman Catholic Bishop Coadjutor of Bardstown then of Louisville, Kentucky; and his cousin, Peter Joseph Lavialle, Roman Catholic Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky
- Henry Purcell and his brother, Daniel Purcell, English Composers
- Maria Franciszka Siedliska, Founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth
22 (Robert Seagrave, Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer)
- Anna Kolesárová, Slovak Roman Catholic Martyr, 1944
- Ditlef Georgson Ristad, Norwegian-American Lutheran Minister, Hymn Translator, Liturgist, and Educator
23 (Clement I, Bishop of Rome)
- Caspar Friedrich Nachtenhofer, German Lutheran Minister, Liturgist, and Hymn Writer
- Columban, Roman Catholic Monk, Abbot, and Missionary
- Enrichetta Alfieri, Italian Roman Catholic Nun and “Angel of San Vittore”
- John Kenneth Pfohl, Sr., U.S. Moravian Bishop; his wife, Harriet Elizabeth “Bessie” Whittington Pfohl, U.S. Moravian Musician; and their son, James Christian Pfohl, Sr., U.S. Moravian Musician
24 (Andrew Dung-Lac and Peter Thi, Roman Catholic Priests and Martyrs in Vietnam, 1839)
- Lucy Menzies, Scottish Presbyterian then Anglican Scholar and Mystic
- Theophane Venard, Roman Catholic Priest, Missionary, and Martyr in Vietnam, 1861
- Vincent Liem, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr in Vietnam, 1773
25 (William Hiley Bathurst, Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer)
- Isaac Watts, English Congregationalist Minister and Hymn Writer
- James Otis Sargent Huntington, Founder of the Order of the Holy Cross
- John LaFarge, Jr., U.S. Roman Catholic Priest and Renewer of Society
- Petrus Nigidius, German Lutheran Educator and Composer; and Georg Nigidius, German Lutheran Composer and Hymn Writer
26 (Siricius, Bishop of Rome)
- H. Baxter Liebler, Episcopal Priest and Missionary to the Navajo Nation
- John Berchmans, Roman Catholic Seminarian
- Sojourner Truth, U.S. Abolitionist, Mystic, and Feminist
- Theodore P. Ferris, Episcopal Priest and Author
27 (James Intercisus, Roman Catholic Martyr)
- William Cooke and Benjamin Webb, Anglican Priests and Translators of Hymns
28 (Stephen the Younger, Defender of Icons)
- Albert George Butzer, Sr., U.S. Presbyterian Minister and Educator
- Kamehameha IV and Emma Rooke, King and Queen of Hawai’i
- James Mills Thoburn, Isabella Thoburn, and Clara Swain, U.S. Methodist Missionaries to India
- Joseph Hofer and Michael Hofer, U.S. Hutterite Conscientious Objectors and Martyrs, 1918
29 (Day of Intercession and Thanksgiving for the Missionary Work of the Church)
- Frederick Cook Atkinson, Anglican Church Organist and Composer
- Jennette Threlfall, English Hymn Writer
30 (ANDREW THE APOSTLE, MARTYR)
Floating
- Thanksgiving Day
Lowercase boldface on a date with two or more commemorations indicates a primary feast.
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