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Hebrews calls them a great cloud of witnesses, and says that we are surrounded by them as we run our own race with our eyes fixed on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith. This is that cloud, kept as a calendar. Each day remembers Christians who ran before us, gives thanks to God for them, and asks for the same grace that was at work in their lives.

Prayer here is offered to God, never to the saints. Their stories are told as the Church has received them, and their histories are set out with the sources named and the uncertain places marked as uncertain. Why we remember the saints.

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202 commemorations, in chronological order.

Apostolic Era

  • Andrew the Apostle

    Apostle and Martyr

    MartyrNovember 30

  • Barnabas the Apostle

    Apostle and Encourager

    MissionaryJune 11

  • Bartholomew the Apostle

    Apostle and Martyr

    MartyrAugust 24

  • Cornelius the Centurion

    First Gentile Convert

    ConfessorFebruary 4

  • Elizabeth and Zechariah

    Parents of John the Baptist

    ConfessorNovember 5

  • Holy Michael and All Angels

    Michaelmas

    September 29

  • James of Jerusalem

    Bishop and Martyr, Brother of Our Lord

    MartyrOctober 23d. 62

  • James the Elder

    Apostle and Martyr

    MartyrJuly 25d. 44

  • John, Apostle and Evangelist

    Apostle and Evangelist

    EvangelistDecember 27d. 100

  • Joseph of Arimathea

    Member of the Sanhedrin and Follower of Jesus

    ConfessorAugust 1

  • Joseph, Husband of the Virgin Mary and Guardian of Jesus

    Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary

    ConfessorMarch 19

  • Lazarus, Mary, and Martha of Bethany

    Siblings and Friends of Jesus

    ConfessorJuly 29

  • Luke the Evangelist

    Evangelist and Companion of Paul

    EvangelistOctober 18

  • Lydia, Dorcas, and Phoebe

    Women of the Apostolic Church

    ConfessorJanuary 27

  • Mark the Evangelist

    Evangelist

    Evangelist · MissionaryApril 25d. 70

  • Mary Magdalene

    Witness to the Resurrection

    ConfessorJuly 22

  • Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist

    Apostle and Evangelist

    EvangelistSeptember 21

  • Matthias the Apostle

    Apostle

    MartyrFebruary 24

  • Peter and Paul, Apostles

    Apostles and Martyrs

    MartyrJune 29

  • Philip and James, Apostles

    Apostles

    May 1

  • Philip the Deacon and Evangelist

    Deacon and Evangelist

    EvangelistOctober 11

  • Simon and Jude, Apostles

    Apostles and Martyrs

    MartyrOctober 28

  • Stephen, Deacon and Martyr

    Deacon and First Martyr

    MartyrDecember 26d. 35

  • The Holy Innocents

    Martyrs

    December 28

  • The Parents of the Virgin Mary

    July 26

  • The Virgin Mary

    The Mother of Our Lord

    August 15

  • Thomas the Apostle

    Apostle and Martyr

    MartyrDecember 21

  • Timothy and Titus

    Companions of the Apostle Paul

    ConfessorJanuary 26

By Year of Death

  • Clement of Rome

    Bishop of Rome and Martyr

    MartyrNovember 23d. 99

  • Ignatius of Antioch

    Bishop and Martyr

    MartyrOctober 17d. 107

  • Polycarp of Smyrna

    Bishop and Martyr

    MartyrFebruary 23d. 155

  • Justin Martyr

    Philosopher and Martyr

    Doctor · MartyrJune 1d. 165

  • Blandina and Her Companions

    Martyrs at Lyons and Vienne

    MartyrJune 2d. 177

  • Irenaeus of Lyons

    Bishop and Doctor of the Church

    DoctorJune 28d. 202

  • Perpetua, Felicity & Her Companions

    Martyrs at Carthage

    MartyrMarch 7d. 203

  • Clement of Alexandria

    Theologian and Doctor of the Church

    DoctorDecember 5d. 215

  • Cecilia

    Virgin and Martyr

    MartyrNovember 22d. 230

  • Fabian

    Bishop of Rome and Martyr

    MartyrJanuary 20d. 250

  • Cyprian

    Bishop of Carthage and Martyr

    Doctor · MartyrSeptember 15d. 258

  • Laurence

    Deacon and Martyr

    MartyrAugust 10d. 258

  • George

    Martyr

    MartyrApril 23d. 303

  • Agnes

    Virgin and Martyr

    MartyrJanuary 21d. 304

  • Alban

    First Martyr of Britain

    MartyrJune 22d. 304

  • Lucy of Syracuse

    Virgin and Martyr

    MartyrDecember 13d. 304

  • Margaret of Antioch

    Virgin and Martyr

    MartyrJuly 20d. 304

  • Vincent of Saragossa

    Deacon and Martyr

    MartyrJanuary 22d. 304

  • Catherine of Alexandria

    Virgin and Martyr

    MartyrNovember 25d. 305

  • Helena

    Mother of Constantine and Protector of the Holy Places

    ConfessorMay 21d. 330

  • Gregory the Illuminator

    Apostle and Enlightener of Armenia

    MissionaryMarch 23d. 331

  • Nicholas of Myra

    Bishop and Protector of the Vulnerable

    December 6d. 343

  • Pachomius

    Abbot and Organizer of Monasticism

    May 15d. 346

  • Antony of Egypt

    Monastic Father and Desert Ascetic

    ConfessorJanuary 17d. 356

  • Hilary of Poitiers

    Bishop and Doctor of the Church

    DoctorJanuary 13d. 367

  • Athanasius

    Bishop of Alexandria and Doctor of the Church

    Confessor · DoctorMay 2d. 373

  • Ephrem of Edessa

    Deacon, Poet, and Doctor of the Church

    DoctorJune 10d. 373

  • Basil the Great

    Bishop of Caesarea and Doctor of the Church

    DoctorJune 14d. 379

  • Macrina the Younger

    Monastic and Teacher of the Faith

    DoctorJuly 18d. 379

  • Cyril of Jerusalem

    Bishop and Doctor of the Church

    DoctorMarch 18d. 386

  • Monica

    Mother of Augustine and Woman of Prayer

    ConfessorAugust 27d. 387

  • Gregory of Nazianzus

    Bishop of Constantinople and Doctor of the Church

    DoctorMay 9d. 389

  • Gregory of Nyssa

    Bishop and Doctor of the Church

    DoctorJuly 19d. 395

  • Ambrose

    Bishop and Doctor of the Church

    DoctorDecember 7d. 397

  • Martin of Tours

    Bishop, Monk, and Missionary

    MissionaryNovember 11d. 397

  • John Chrysostom

    Bishop of Constantinople and Teacher of the Faith

    DoctorSeptember 13d. 407

  • Jerome

    Priest, Translator, and Doctor of the Church

    DoctorSeptember 30d. 420

  • Augustine of Hippo

    Bishop and Doctor of the Church

    Confessor · DoctorAugust 28d. 430

  • Ninian

    Bishop and Missionary to the Picts

    MissionarySeptember 16d. 432

  • John Cassian

    Monk and Teacher of the Faith

    Teacher of the FaithJuly 23d. 435

  • Cyril of Alexandria

    Bishop and Doctor of the Church

    DoctorJune 27d. 444

  • Leo the Great

    Bishop of Rome and Doctor of the Church

    DoctorNovember 10d. 461

  • Patrick of Ireland

    Bishop and Apostle to the Irish

    MissionaryMarch 17d. 461

  • Brigid

    Abbess of Kildare

    February 1d. 523

  • Remigius

    Bishop of Reims and Apostle to the Franks

    MissionaryOctober 1d. 533

  • Scholastica

    Abbess and Monastic

    February 10d. 543

  • Benedict of Nursia

    Abbot of Monte Cassino and Father of Western Monasticism

    July 11d. 550

  • Columba

    Abbot of Iona and Missionary to the Scots

    MissionaryJune 9d. 597

  • David

    Bishop and Apostle of Wales

    MissionaryMarch 1d. 601

  • Kentigern

    Missionary to Strathclyde

    MissionaryJanuary 14d. 603

  • Gregory the Great

    Bishop of Rome, Missionary, and Doctor of the Church

    Doctor · MissionaryMarch 12d. 604

  • Augustine of Canterbury

    First Archbishop of Canterbury and Apostle to the English

    MissionaryMay 26d. 605

  • Oswald

    King of Northumbria and Martyr

    MartyrAugust 5d. 642

  • Paulinus

    Bishop of York and Missionary to Northumbria

    MissionaryOctober 10d. 644

  • Felix

    Bishop of Dunwich and Apostle to the East Angles

    MissionaryMarch 8d. 648

  • Birinus

    Bishop of Dorchester and Apostle of Wessex

    MissionarySeptember 4d. 650

  • Aidan

    Bishop of Lindisfarne and Missionary

    MissionaryAugust 31d. 651

  • Chad

    Bishop of Lichfield and Missionary

    MissionaryMarch 2d. 672

  • Hilda

    Abbess of Whitby

    November 19d. 680

  • Cuthbert

    Bishop of Lindisfarne

    MissionaryMarch 20d. 687

  • Theodore of Tarsus

    Archbishop of Canterbury

    September 19d. 690

  • Bede the Venerable

    Priest, Monk of Jarrow, and Doctor of the Church

    DoctorMay 25d. 735

  • Willibrord

    Archbishop of Utrecht and Missionary to Frisia

    MissionaryNovember 7d. 739

  • John of Damascus

    Priest, Monk, and Teacher of the Faith

    DoctorDecember 4d. 749

  • Boniface

    Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle to the Germans, and Martyr

    Martyr · MissionaryJune 5d. 754

  • Alcuin

    Deacon, Abbot of Tours, and Scholar

    May 20d. 804

  • Anskar

    Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen and Apostle of the North

    MissionaryFebruary 3d. 865

  • Edmund

    King of East Anglia and Martyr

    MartyrNovember 20d. 870

  • Cyril and Methodius

    Apostles to the Slavs

    MissionaryFebruary 14d. 885

  • Alfred the Great

    King of the West Saxons and Defender of the Faith

    October 26d. 899

  • Dunstan

    Archbishop of Canterbury and Reformer of the Church

    ReformerMay 19d. 988

  • Alphege

    Archbishop of Canterbury and Martyr

    MartyrApril 19d. 1012

  • Olga and Vladimir

    Rulers of Kievan Rus and Evangelizers of the Slavs

    MissionaryJuly 15d. 1015

  • Edward the Confessor

    King of England

    October 13d. 1066

  • Margaret

    Queen of Scotland, Reformer of the Church

    Reformer · Renewer of SocietyNovember 16d. 1093

  • Wulfstan

    Bishop of Worcester

    January 19d. 1095

  • Anselm

    Archbishop of Canterbury

    DoctorApril 21d. 1109

  • Bernard of Clairvaux

    Abbot

    DoctorAugust 20d. 1153

  • Thomas Becket

    Archbishop of Canterbury and Martyr

    MartyrDecember 29d. 1170

  • Hugh of Lincoln

    Bishop

    Renewer of SocietyNovember 17d. 1200

  • Dominic

    Founder of the Order of Preachers

    August 8d. 1221

  • Francis of Assisi

    Friar and Deacon of Assisi

    October 4d. 1226

  • Elizabeth of Hungary

    Princess of Hungary and Patroness of the Poor

    Renewer of SocietyNovember 18d. 1231

  • Clare

    Abbess of San Damiano and Founder of the Order of Poor Ladies

    August 11d. 1253

  • Robert Grosseteste

    Bishop of Lincoln and Scholar

    October 9d. 1253

  • Louis

    King of France

    August 25d. 1270

  • Bonaventure

    Cardinal-Bishop and Doctor of the Church

    DoctorJuly 14d. 1274

  • Thomas Aquinas

    Doctor of the Church

    Teacher of the FaithJanuary 28d. 1274

  • Catherine of Siena

    Virgin and Doctor of the Church

    Doctor · ReformerApril 29d. 1380

  • John Wyclif

    Priest and Reformer

    December 31d. 1384

  • Sergius

    Monastic Elder of Radonezh

    September 25d. 1392

  • Julian of Norwich

    Mystic and Anchoress

    May 8d. 1416

  • Thomas à Kempis

    Priest and Spiritual Writer

    July 24d. 1471

  • William Tyndale

    Priest, Martyr, and Biblical Translator

    MartyrOctober 6d. 1536

  • Martin Luther

    Priest and Reformer

    ReformerFebruary 18d. 1546

  • Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley

    Bishops and Martyrs

    MartyrOctober 16d. 1555

  • Thomas Cranmer

    Archbishop of Canterbury and Martyr

    MartyrMarch 21d. 1556

  • John Calvin

    Reformer and Pastor of Geneva

    ReformerMay 27d. 1564

  • Teresa of Avila

    Carmelite Reformer and Doctor of the Church

    ReformerOctober 15d. 1582

  • Martyrs of Japan

    Twenty-Six Martyrs

    MartyrFebruary 5d. 1597

  • Richard Hooker

    Priest and Teacher of the Church

    Teacher of the FaithNovember 3d. 1600

  • Lancelot Andrewes

    Bishop of Winchester and Teacher of the Faith

    Teacher of the FaithSeptember 26d. 1626

  • John Donne

    Priest and Poet

    March 31d. 1631

  • George Herbert

    Priest and Poet

    February 27d. 1633

  • Nicholas Ferrar

    Deacon and Founder of the Little Gidding Community

    December 1d. 1637

  • William Laud

    Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr

    MartyrJanuary 10d. 1645

  • Charles

    King and Martyr

    MartyrJanuary 30d. 1649

  • Jeremy Taylor

    Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith

    Teacher of the FaithAugust 13d. 1667

  • Richard Baxter

    Pastor and Teacher of the Faith

    Teacher of the FaithDecember 8d. 1691

  • Thomas Ken

    Bishop of Bath and Wells and Non-Juror

    June 8d. 1711

  • Thomas Bray

    Priest and Missionary

    MissionaryFebruary 15d. 1730

  • William Law

    Priest and Teacher of the Faith

    Teacher of the FaithApril 10d. 1761

  • John and Charles Wesley

    Priests and Reformers of the Church

    ReformerMarch 3d. 1791

  • Consecration of Samuel Seabury

    First Bishop of the Episcopal Church

    November 14d. 1796

  • Henry Martyn

    Priest and Missionary to India and Persia

    MissionaryOctober 19d. 1812

  • Charles Inglis

    First Bishop of Nova Scotia

    August 12d. 1816

  • Absalom Jones

    First African-American Priest

    February 13d. 1818

  • John Henry Hobart

    Bishop of New York and Reformer of the Church

    ReformerSeptember 12d. 1830

  • Hannah More

    Writer, Educator, and Renewer of Society

    Renewer of SocietySeptember 7d. 1833

  • William Wilberforce

    Renewer of Society

    Renewer of SocietyJuly 30d. 1833

  • Charles Simeon

    Priest and Evangelist

    EvangelistNovember 13d. 1836

  • William White

    Bishop of Pennsylvania and First Presiding Bishop of the Church in the USA

    July 17d. 1836

  • Herman of Alaska

    Monk and Missionary to the Native Alaskans

    MissionaryNovember 15d. 1837

  • Adoniram Judson

    Missionary to Burma

    Evangelist · MissionaryApril 12d. 1850

  • Allen Gardiner

    Missionary and Martyr in South America

    Martyr · MissionarySeptember 6d. 1851

  • William Grant Broughton

    Bishop and Missionary to Australia

    MissionaryJune 6d. 1853

  • John Keble

    Priest and Poet

    March 29d. 1866

  • John Mason Neale

    Priest, Scholar, and Hymnographer

    August 7d. 1866

  • Jackson Kemper

    First Missionary Bishop in the United States

    MissionaryMay 24d. 1870

  • John Coleridge Patteson

    Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs

    MartyrSeptember 20d. 1871

  • Frederick Denison Maurice

    Priest, Theologian, and Renewer of Society

    Renewer of SocietyApril 1d. 1872

  • Henry Budd

    First Indigenous Priest of the Church of England in Western Canada

    April 2d. 1875

  • James Lloyd Breck

    Priest, Missionary, and Educator

    MissionaryApril 3d. 1876

  • William Augustus Muhlenberg

    Priest, Educator, and Renewer of Society

    Renewer of SocietyApril 8d. 1877

  • Constance and her Companions

    Martyrs of Memphis

    MartyrSeptember 9d. 1878

  • George Augustus Selwyn

    Bishop and Missionary to New Zealand and Melanesia

    MissionaryApril 11d. 1878

  • James DeKoven

    Priest and Teacher of the Faith

    Teacher of the FaithMarch 22d. 1879

  • Edward Bouverie Pusey

    Priest and Teacher of the Faith

    Teacher of the FaithSeptember 17d. 1882

  • James Hannington

    Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, and his Companions, Martyrs

    MartyrOctober 29d. 1885

  • Samuel Ajayi Crowther

    Africa's First Anglican Bishop

    December 31d. 1891

  • Cecil Frances Alexander

    Hymn-Writer and Poet

    October 12d. 1895

  • Bernard Mizeki

    Catechist and Martyr in Mashonaland

    MartyrJune 18d. 1896

  • Alexander Crummell

    Priest, Missionary, and Scholar

    MissionarySeptember 10d. 1898

  • Robert Machray

    First Primate of Canada

    March 10d. 1904

  • Josephine Butler

    Social Reformer

    Reformer · Renewer of SocietyMay 30d. 1906

  • Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky

    Bishop of Shanghai

    October 14d. 1906

  • William Reed Huntington

    Priest and Ecumenist

    EcumenistJuly 27d. 1909

  • Channing Moore Williams

    Missionary Bishop in China and Japan

    MissionaryDecember 2d. 1910

  • Charles Chapman Grafton

    Bishop of Fond du Lac and Ecumenist

    EcumenistAugust 30d. 1912

  • Mary Sumner

    Founder of the Mothers' Union

    August 9d. 1921

  • Tikhon

    Patriarch of Moscow, Confessor and Ecumenist

    Confessor · EcumenistApril 7d. 1925

  • Charles Henry Brent

    Bishop, Missionary, and Pioneer of the Ecumenical Movement

    MissionaryMarch 27d. 1929

  • Sundar Singh

    Sadhu and Evangelist

    EvangelistJune 19d. 1929

  • Nathan Söderblom

    Archbishop of Uppsala, Ecumenist, and Renewer of the Church

    EcumenistJuly 12d. 1931

  • Evelyn Underhill

    Teacher of the Faith and Spiritual Writer

    Teacher of the FaithJune 15d. 1941

  • The Martyrs of Papua New Guinea

    Martyrs

    MartyrSeptember 2d. 1942

  • Wilson Carlile

    Evangelist and Founder of the Church Army

    EvangelistSeptember 27d. 1942

  • William Temple

    Archbishop of Canterbury and Teacher of the Faith

    Teacher of the FaithNovember 6d. 1944

  • Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah

    Bishop in South India and Evangelist

    EvangelistJanuary 2d. 1945

  • George Bell

    Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, and Advocate for Justice

    EcumenistOctober 3d. 1958

  • Clive Staples Lewis

    Teacher of the Faith

    Teacher of the FaithNovember 29d. 1963

  • John XXIII

    Bishop of Rome, Ecumenist, and Reformer of the Church

    Ecumenist · ReformerJune 4d. 1963

  • Samuel Shoemaker

    Priest and Renewer of Society

    Renewer of SocietyJanuary 31d. 1963

  • Jonathan Myrick Daniels

    Seminarian and Martyr

    MartyrAugust 21d. 1965

  • Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Prophetic Witness and Renewer of Society

    Renewer of SocietyApril 4d. 1968

  • Janani Luwum

    Archbishop of Uganda and Martyr

    MartyrFebruary 17d. 1977

  • Arthur Michael Ramsey

    Archbishop of Canterbury, Ecumenist, and Teacher of the Faith

    Ecumenist · Teacher of the FaithApril 24d. 1988

  • Mother Teresa of Calcutta

    Founder of the Missionaries of Charity

    September 5d. 1997

  • Lesslie Newbigin

    Bishop, Missionary, and Ecumenist

    Ecumenist · MissionaryJanuary 29d. 1998

  • Roger Schutz

    Monk of Taizé and Ecumenist

    EcumenistAugust 14d. 2005

  • The Martyrs of the Sudan

    Martyrs

    MartyrMay 16d. 2011

  • William 'Billy' Graham

    Evangelist

    EvangelistFebruary 21d. 2018

Undated

  • The Beheading of John the Baptist

    August 29

  • The Martyrs of Uganda

    Martyrs

    MartyrJune 3d. 1886, 1977