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Alphabetical order |
| A Chronological List of Some Memorable Christians | |
| 21 Apr 1142 | Peter Abelard, Abbot, Theologian, Philosopher |
| 13 Feb 1818 | Absalom Jones |
| 13 Dec 304 | Agatha, Virgin and Martyr |
| 10 Apr 1557 | Mikael Agricola, Bishop of Turku |
| 31 Aug 651 | Aidan of Lindisfarne, Missionary |
| 22 Jun 304 | Alban, First Martyr of Britain |
| 20 May 804 | Alcuin, Deacon, Scholar, and Abbot of Tours |
| 19 Apr 1012 | Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr |
| 30 Nov NT | Andrew the Apostle |
| 26 Sep 1626 | Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop and Scholar |
| 25 Mar NT | The Annunciation of Our Lord Jesus Christ To the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| 21 Apr 1109 | Anselm of Canterbury, Monk, Archbishop, Theologian |
| 3 Feb 865 | Anskar, Bishop and Missionary To Denmark and Sweden |
| 17 Jan 356 | Antony, Abbot in Egypt |
| 28 Jan 1274 | Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Friar, and Theologian |
| 30 May 1431 | Joan of Arc, Visionary |
| 1 Aug NT | Joseph of Arimathaea, Burier of Jesus |
| 24 Apr 1915 | The Martyrs of Armenia |
| 2 May 373 | Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Theologian, Doctor |
| 19 Apr 1560 | Presentation of the Augsburg Confession |
| 26 May 605 | Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop and Missionary |
| 3 Jan 1970 | Gladys Aylward, Missionary To China |
| 28 Jul 1750 | J S Bach, Musician |
| 25 Jul 41 | James Bar-zebedee, Apostle |
| 11 Jun NT | Barnabas the Apostle |
| 24 Aug NT | Bartholomew the Apostle |
| 14 Jun 379 | Basil the Great, Bishop, Theologian |
| 11 Jul 540 | Benedict, Abbot and Founder |
| 16 Apr 1879 | Bernadette of Lourdes, Nun and Visionary |
| 20 Aug 1153 | Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot, Theologian, and Poet |
| 22 Oct 524 | Boethius, Educator, Statesman, Philosopher |
| 10 Apr 1945 | Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Pastor and Theologian |
| 5 Jun 754 | Boniface, Bishop, Missionary, Martyr |
| 9 Jun 1549 | The First Book of Common Prayer |
| 15 Feb 1730 | Thomas Bray, Priest and Missionary |
| 2 Apr 1876 | James Lloyd Breck, Priest, Educator, and Missionary |
| 27 Mar 1929 | Charles Henry Brent, Missionary Bishop |
| 23 Jan 1893 | Phillips Brooks, Bishop and Preacher |
| 30 Aug 1688 | John Bunyan, Writer |
| 6 Apr 1528 | Michelangelo Buonarroti, Artist |
| 16 Jun 1752 | Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Theologian |
| 30 Dec 1906 | Josephine Butler, Pioneer Worker Among Women |
| 27 May 1564 | John Calvin, Theologian |
| Wilson Carlile, Priest, Founder of the Church Army, 1942 | |
| 17 Jul 1566 | Bartolome De Las Casas, Missionary, Priest, Defender of the Oppressed |
| 25 Nov NT | Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr |
| 7 Oct 1915 | Edith Cavell, Nurse, |
| 2 Mar 672 | Chad of Lichfield |
| 25 Oct 1400 | Geoffrey Chaucer, Poet, Spiritual Writer |
| 12 Jun 1936 | G K Chesterton, Writer |
| John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, | |
| 27 Sep 1947 | Church of South India |
| 11 Aug 1253 | Clare of Assisi, Nun |
| 5 Dec 213? | Clement of Alexandria, Teacher and Apologist |
| 30 Apr 909 | The Early Abbots of Cluny |
| 9 Jun 597 | Columba, Abbot of Iona and Missionary |
| 9 Sep 1878 | Constance and Her Companions, the Martyrs of Memphis |
| 18 Sep 1882 | Edward B Pusey and Companions, Renewers of the Church |
| 18 Jan NT | Confession of Peter the Apostle |
| 23 May 1543 | Nicolas Copernicus, Priest and Scholar |
| 4 Feb NT | Cornelius the Centurion |
| 16 Oct 1555 | Thomas Cranmer, Bishop and Martyr |
| 14 Dec 1591 | John of the Cross, Friar, Reformer, Poet, Mystic |
| 10 Sep 1898 | Alexander Crummell, Priest, Missionary, Educator |
| 20 Mar 687 | Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, Bishop and Missionary |
| 13 Sep 258 | Cyprian of Carthage, Bishop and Martyr |
| 12 May NT | Simon of Cyrene, Cross-bearer |
| 14 Feb 869 | Cyril |
| 18 Mar 386 | Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop and Theologian |
| 27 Jun 444 | Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, Theologian |
| 4 Dec 750 | John of Damascus, Hymn-writer, Defender of Icons |
| 15 Apr 1889 | Damien, Priest, Missionary |
| 14 Aug 1965 | Jonathan Myrick Daniels, Seminarian |
| 15 Sep 1321 | Dante Alighieri, Poet, Spiritual Writer |
| 1 Aug 42 | Deliverance of the Apostle Peter |
| 1 Mar 544 | Dewi of Wales |
| 21 Nov 265 | Dionysius of Alexandria, Bishop and Scholar |
| 8 Aug 1221 | Dominic, Preacher, Friar, Missionary |
| 31 Mar 1631 | John Donne, Priest, Poet, and Preacher |
| 18 Aug 1918 | William Porcher Dubose, Priest and Theologian |
| 6 Apr 1528 | Albrecht Duerer, Artist |
| 19 May 988 | Dunstan of Canterbury, Monk and Archbishop |
| 10 Jun 373 | Ephrem of Edessa, Deacon and Hymn-writer |
| 20 Nov 870 | Edmund of East Anglia, King and Martyr |
| 13 Oct 1066 | Edward the Confessor, King |
| 24 Mar 1758 | Jonathan Edwards, Scholar, Preacher, Missionary |
| 21 May 1690 | John Eliot, Missionary To the American Indians |
| 9 Jan 1922 | Julia Chester Emery, Upholder of Missions |
| 17 May 1160 | Erik, King of Sweden, Martyr |
| 14 Sep 335 | Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross |
| 20 Jan 250 | Fabian, Bishop and Martyr |
| 2 Feb NT | Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ |
| 6 Aug NT | Feast of the Transfiguration |
| 1 Dec 1637 | Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Man of Prayer |
| 22 Jun 1535 | John Fisher, Bishop and Martyr |
| 5 Oct 1864 | Theodor Fliedner, Pastor, Founder |
| 2 Nov NT | For the Day of All Souls |
| 1 Nov NT | For the Feast of All Saints |
| 25 Oct NT | Forty Martyrs (Rc) of England and Wales |
| 23 Jan 1932 | Charles Gore, Bishop and Theologian |
| 15 Nov 1280 | Albert the Great, Friar and Scholar |
| 26 Oct 899 | Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons |
| 10 Nov 461 | Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, Doctor |
| 9 Mar 395 | Gregory of Nyssa |
| 23 Mar 332 | Gregory the Illuminator, Apostle To Armenia |
| 12 Mar 604 | Gregory the Great, Bishop and Doctor |
| 9 Oct 1253 | Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln |
| 3 Sep 1872 | Nikolai Grundtvig, Bishop and Writer |
| 18 Sep 1961 | Dag Hammarskjold, Peacemaker |
| 28 Jul 1750 | George Frederick Handel, Musician |
| 29 Oct 1885 | James Hannington and the Martyrs of Uganda |
| 26 Mar 1883 | Harriet Monsell of Clewer |
| 28 Mar 1824 | Hans Nielsen Hauge, Renewer of the Church |
| 26 Oct 1608 | Johann Heermann, Hymnwriter |
| 19 Aug 330 | Helena, Empress and Widow |
| 27 Feb 1633 | George Herbert, Priest and Poet |
| 7 Nov 1873 | John C F Heyer, Missionary |
| 17 Sep 1179 | Hildegard of Bingen, Visionary |
| 28 Aug 430 | Augustine of Hippo, Bishop and Theologian |
| 12 Aug 235 | Hippolytus, Bishop, Scholar, and Martyr |
| 12 Sep 1830 | John Henry Hobart, Bishop of New York |
| 3 Nov 1600 | Richard Hooker, Doctor of the Church |
| 17 Nov 1200 | Hugh of Lincoln |
| 19 Nov 1231 | Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess and Philanthropist |
| 25 Nov 1935 | James Otis Sargent Huntington, Founder |
| 27 Jul 1909 | William Reed Huntington, Priest |
| 6 Jul 1415 | John Huss, Priest and Martyr |
| 25 Aug 1270 | Louis IX, King of France |
| 17 Oct 107 | Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr |
| 4 Jul 1776 | Independence Day (United States of America) |
| 28 Jun 202 | Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, Theologian |
| 20 Feb 1906 | Cecile Isherwood, Founder |
| 9 Aug 1943 | Franz Jagerstatter, Martyr |
| 1 May NT | Philip and James, Apostles |
| 23 Oct NT | James of Jerusalem, Bishop and Martyr |
| 20 Feb 1620 | Rasmus Jensen, Pastor, With Others |
| 30 Sep 420 | Jerome, Scholar, Translator, and Theologian |
| 19 Oct 1646 | Jesuit Martyrs of North America |
| Jesuit Missions in Non-christian Countries |
| 19 Mar NT | Joseph, Guardian of Our Lord |
| 28 Oct NT | Simon and Jude, Apostles |
| 10 Apr 1557 | Paavali Juusten, Bishop of Turku |
| 22 Apr 1960 | Toyohiko Kagawa, Renewer of Society |
| 29 Mar 1866 | John Keble, Priest, Poet, Renewer of the Church |
| 9 Nov 1440? | Margery Kempe, Mystic |
| 24 May 1870 | Jackson Kemper, Bishop, Missionary |
| 24 Jul 1471 | Thomas a Kempis, Priest, Monk, and Writer |
| 21 Mar 1711 | Thomas Ken, Bishop and Non-juror |
| 25 Feb 560 | Ethelbert of Kent, King and Confessor |
| 11 Nov 1855 | Soren Kierkegaard, Philosopher |
| 1 Feb 523 | St Bridget of Kildare, Abbess |
| 8 Mar 1910 | Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln |
| 28 Nov 1864 | King Kamehameha and Queen Emma of Hawaii |
| 30 May 1933 | Apolo Kivebulaya, Missionary |
| 14 Aug 1941 | Maximilian Kolbe, Friar, Martyr |
| 22 Mar 1879 | James De Koven, Priest |
| 10 Apr 1557 | Lars Levi Laestadius, Preacher |
| 16 Oct 1555 | Hugh Latimer, Bishop and Martyr |
| 10 Jan 1645 | William Laud, Archbishop and Martyr |
| 10 Aug 258 | Laurence, Deacon and Martyr |
| 09 Apr 1761 | William Law, Writer, Priest, and Non-juror |
| 22 Nov 1963 | C S Lewis, Scholar and Spiritual Writer |
| 5 Sep 1965 | David Livingstone, Missionary |
| 31 Jul 1556 | Ignatius Loyola, Mystic, Educator, Preacher, and Founder of the Jesuits |
| 13 Dec 304 | Lucy, Virgin and Martyr |
| 18 Oct NT | Luke the Evangelist |
| 16 Feb 1977 | Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr |
| 29 Jan NT | Lydia, Dorcas and Phoebe, Co-workers With the Apostles |
| 2 Jun 177 | The Martyrs of Lyons |
| 19 Jul 379 | Macrina the Younger, Monastic and Teacher |
| 22 Jul NT | Mary Magdalene, First Witness of the Resurrection |
| 16 Nov 1093 | Margaret, Queen of Scotland |
| 25 Apr NT | Mark the Evangelist |
| 18 Feb 1546 | Brother Martin of Erfurt, Educator, Translator |
| 19 Oct 1812 | Henry Martyn, Missionary and Translator |
| 1 Jun 167 | Justin Martyr, Philosopher, Apologist, and Martyr |
| 15 Aug NT | The Virgin Mary, Mother of Our Lord |
| 29 Jul NT | Mary and Martha of Bethany |
| 21 Sep NT | Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist |
| 24 Feb NT | Matthias the Apostle |
| 1 Apr 1872 | Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest and Theologian |
| 19 Apr 1560 | Philipp Melanchthon, Renewer of the Church |
| 10 Dec 1968 | Thomas Merton, Monk, Poet, Spiritual Writer |
| 29 Sep OT | Michael and All Angels |
| 7 Dec 397 | Ambrose of Milan, Bishop and Doctor |
| 8 Nov 1674 | John Milton, Poet |
| 18 Jun 1896 | Bernard Mizeki, Catechist and Martyr in Africa |
| 4 May 387 | Monnica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo |
| 22 Jun 1535 | Thomas More, Martyr |
| 3 Aug NT | Nicodemus, Scholar |
| 26 Oct 1608 | Philipp Nicolai, Hymnwriter |
| 18 May 1910 | Florence Nightingale, Nurse, Renewer of Society |
| 22 May 1918 | Ludwig Nommensen, Missionary To Sumatra |
| 8 May 1417 | Dame Julian of Norwich, Contemplative |
| 1 Sep 1931 | David Pendleton Oakerhater, Deacon and Missionary |
| 18-25 Jan NT | Octave of Prayer For Christian Unity |
| 17 Feb NT | Onesimus, Slave |
| 5 Aug 642 | Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr |
| 14 May 346 | Pachomius, Founder of Christian Community Monasticism |
| 13 Jun 1231 | Antony of Padua, Preacher |
| 14 Nov 1359 | Gregory Palamas, Monk, Mystic, and Theologian |
| 26 Jul NT | Parents of the Virgin Mary |
| 21 Aug 1662 | Blaise Pascal, Scientist, Religious Writer |
| 17 Mar 461 | Patrick of Ireland |
| 20 Sep 1871 | John Coleridge Patteson, Bishop of Melanesia, and His Companions, Martyrs |
| 29 Jun 64 | Peter and Paul, Apostles and Martyrs |
| 27 Sep 1660 | Vincent De Paul, Helper of the Poor |
| 10 Oct 644 | Paulinus, Missionary, First Archbishop of York |
| 7 Mar 202 | Perpetua and Her Companions, Martyrs At Carthage |
| 19 Apr 1552 | Olavus Petri, Priest |
| 11 Oct NT | Philip, Deacon and Evangelist |
| 13 Jan 367 | Hilary of Poitiers, Bishop and Doctor |
| 23 Feb 156 | Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna and Martyr |
| 8 Jul NT | Aquila and Priscilla, Companions of the Apostle Paul |
| 30 Apr 1922 | Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, |
| 1 Oct 530 | Remigius of Rheims, Bishop, Apostle of the Franks |
| 13 Feb 1818 | Richard Allen |
| 3 Apr 1253 | Richard, Bishop of Chichester |
| 16 Oct 1555 | Nicholas Ridley, Bishop and Martyr |
| 12 Jan 1167 | Aelred of Rievaulx, Abbot |
| 21 Jan 304 | Agnes of Rome, Martyr |
| 23 Nov 100? | Clement of Rome, Bishop |
| 30 Jun 64 | Early Martyrs of Rome |
| 4 Jun 1963 | Angelo (John XXIII) Roncalli, Bishop |
| 10 Apr 1557 | Paavo Henrik Ruotsalainen, Preacher |
| 24 Jan 1622 | Francis De Sales, Bishop and Spiritual Writer |
| 22 Jan 304 | Vincent of Saragossa, Deacon and Martyr |
| 17 Dec 1957 | Dorothy L Sayers, Writer and Theologian |
| 28 Jul 1750 | Heinrich Schuetz, Musician |
| 29 Apr 1380 | Catherine of Sienna, Reformer and Spiritual Teacher |
| 13 Jul NT | Silas, Missionary Companion of Paul |
| 12 Nov 1836 | Charles Simeon, Teacher |
| 11 Dec 1910 | Lars Olsen Skrefsrud, Missionary To India |
| 11 Jan 1915 | Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa |
| 12 Jul 1931 | Nathan Soderblom, Archbishop of Uppsala |
| Survey of Church History Available | |
| 23 Jul 1373 | Birgitta of Sweden, Foundress and Devotional Writer |
| 30 Jun 1839 | Johan Olaf Wallin of Sweden, Bishop, Hymn Writer |
| 31 Dec 335 | Sylvester of Rome, Bishop |
| 19 Sep 690 | Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 13 Aug 1667 | Jeremy Taylor, Bishop and Theologian |
| 27 Oct 1944 | William Temple, Theologian, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 15 Oct 1582 | Teresa of Avila, Reformer and Contemplative |
| 25 Jan NT | The Conversion of the Apostle Paul |
| 28 Dec NT | The Holy Innocents |
| 5 Feb 1597 | The Martyrs of Japan |
| 21 Dec NT | Thomas the Apostle |
| 29 Dec 1170 | Thomas of Canterbury, Archbishop and Martyr |
| Three Poems By John Donne |
| 26 Jan NT | Timothy, Titus, and Silas, Companions of Paul |
| 11 Nov 397 | Martin of Tours, Bishop and Theologian |
| 18 Sep 1882 | The Oxford Tractarians, Renewers of the Church |
| 29 May 1637 | Juraj Tranovsky, Hymnwriter |
| 6 Oct 1536 | William Tyndale, Priest, Scholar, Martyr |
| 3 Jun 1886 | The Martyrs of Uganda |
| 15 Jun 1941 | Evelyn Underhill, Theologian and Mystic |
| 7 Nov 739 | Willibrord of Utrecht, Archbishop and Missionary |
| 14 Feb 300? | Valentine, Martyr |
| 25 May 735 | Bede the Venerable, Priest, Monk, Scholar |
| 4 Aug 1859 | John-baptist Vianney, Pastor |
| 31 May NT | The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| 15 Jul 1015 | Olga and Vladimir, First Christian Rulers of Russia |
| 25 Nov 1748 | Isaac Watts, Hymn-writer |
| 18 Nov 680 | Hilda of Whitby, Abbess and Peacemaker |
| 17 Jul 1836 | William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania |
| 30 Jul 1833 | William Wilberforce, Renewer of Society |
| 12 Oct 709 | Wilfrid, Archbishop of York |
| 2 Dec 1910 | Channing Moore Williams, Missionary To Asia |
| 1 Jul 1878 | Catherine Winkworth, Hymnwriter and Educator |
| 26-31 Dec NT | The Witness Days |
| 19 Jan 1095 | Wulfstan of Worcester, Bishop |
| 31 Dec 1384 | John Wyclif, Translator and Controversialist |
| 3 Dec 1552 | Francis Xavier, Missionary |
| 23 Feb 1719 | Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, Missionary To India |