Calendar of saints (Lutheran)

• 1 Circumcision and Name of Jesus (LCMS) Name of Jesus (ELCA) (W) • 2 Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe, pastor, renewer of the church, 1872 (W) • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 THE EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD (W) • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 St. Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea, 379; Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople, c. 389; Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, c. 385 (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 11 • 12 • 13 Octave of the Epiphany - The Baptism of Our Lord (W) - historic, now commonly observed on the Sunday within the Octave of the Epiphany • 14 Eivind Berggrav, Norwegian Lutheran bishop (Commemoration) W - ELCA • 15 Martin Luther King Jr., renewer of society, martyr, 1968 (Commemoration) R – ELCA • 16 • 17 Anthony of Egypt, renewer of the church, c. 356 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • Pachomius, renewer of the church, 346 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 18 Confession of Peter (W) • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Begins - ELCA • 19 Henry, Bishop of Uppsala, missionary to Finland, martyr, 1156 (Commemoration) R – ELCA • 20 Sebastian, Martyr (R) - Historic • Sarah, matriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 21 Agnes, Virgin and Martyr (R) • 22 • 23 • 24 Saint Timothy, pastor (Lesser Festival) W - LCMS • 25 Conversion of Paul the Apostle (W) • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Ends - ELCA • 26 Timothy, Titus, and Silas, missionaries (Commemoration) W – ELCA • Saint Titus, pastor (Lesser Festival) W - LCMS • 27 John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, 407 (W) – LCMS • Lydia, Dorcas, and Phoebe, witnesses to the faith (Commemoration) W – ELCA • • 28 Thomas Aquinas, teacher, 1274 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 29 • 30 • 31 ==February==

• 1 • 2 Presentation of our Lord (W) • 3 Ansgar, Archbishop of Hamburg, missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 4 • 5 The Martyrs of Japan, 1597 (Commemoration) R – ELCA • Jacob, patriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 Silas, apostle (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 11 • 12 • 13 Aquila, Priscilla, and Apollos (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 14 Cyril, monk, 869; Methodius, bishop, 885; missionaries to the Slavs (Commemoration) W – ELCA • Valentine, martyr, 270 (Commemoration) R – LCMS • 15 Philemon and Onesimus (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 16 Philipp Melanchthon, confessor, 1560 (Commemoration) R – LCMS • 17 • 18 Martin Luther, doctor and confessor, renewer of the church, 1546 (Commemoration) W • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, martyr 156 (Commemoration) R • 24 Matthias, Apostle (R) – LCMS (25 February in leap years) • 25 Elizabeth Fedde, deaconess, 1921 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 ==March==

'' • 1 George Herbert, priest, hymnwriter, 1633 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 2 John Wesley, 1791; Charles Wesley, 1788; priests, renewers of the church (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 Perpetua and Felicity and companions, martyrs at Carthage, 202 (R) • 8 • 9 • 10 Harriet Tubman, 1913; Sojourner Truth, 1883; renewers of society (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 11 • 12 Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, 604 (W) • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 Patrick, bishop, missionary to Ireland, 461 (Commemoration) W • 18 • 19 Joseph, Guardian of Jesus (W) • 20 • 21 Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, martyr, 1556 (Commemoration) R – ELCA • 22 Jonathan Edwards, teacher, missionary to American Indians, 1758 (Commemoration) W - ELCA • 23 • 24 Oscar Arnulfo Romero, Bishop of El Salvador, martyr, 1980 (Commemoration) R – ELCA • 25 Annunciation of Our Lord (W) • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 Hans Nielsen Hauge, renewer of the church, 1824 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 30 • 31 John Donne, priest, poet, 1631 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • Joseph, patriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS ==April==

• 1 Amalie Sieveking, philanthropist and social activist – (Germany) • 2 • 3 • 4 Benedict the African, confessor, 1589 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 5 • 6 Albrecht Dürer, 1528; Lucas Cranach, 1553; artists (Commemoration) W • Matthias Grünewald, artist, 1529 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • Michelangelo, artist, (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 7 • 8 • 9 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian, martyr, 1945 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 10 Mikael Agricola, Bishop of Turku, 1557 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 Olaus Petri, priest, 1552; Laurentius Petri, Archbishop of Uppsala, 1573; renewers of the church (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 20 Johannes Bugenhagen, pastor, 1558 (Commemoration) – LCMS • 21 Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, theologian, 1109 (Commemoration) W • 22 Day of Creation [Earth Day] (Lesser Festival) W – ELCA • 23 Toyohiko Kagawa, renewer of society, 1960 (Commemoration) W - ELCA • 24 Johann Walter, musician, 1570 (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 25 Mark, Evangelist (R) • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 Catherine of Siena, theologian, 1380 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 30 ==May==

• 1 Philip and James, Apostles (R) • 2 Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, 373 (Commemoration) W • 3 • 4 Monica, mother of Augustine, 387 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • Friedrich Wyneken, pastor, missionary, 1864 (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 5 Frederick the Wise, Christian ruler, 1525 (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 6 • 7 Carl F. W. Walther, pastor, theologian, 1887 (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 8 Julian of Norwich, renewer of the Church, c. 1416 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 9 Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, renewer of the church, hymnwriter, 1760 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • Job, patriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 10 • 11 Cyril, 869 and Methodius, 885, missionaries to the Slavs (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 12 • 13 • 14 Matthias, apostle (Lesser Festival) R – ELCA • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 Erik, King of Sweden, martyr, 1160 (Commemoration) R – ELCA • 19 • 20 • 21 Helena, mother of Constantine, c. 330 (W) • Emperor Constantine, Emperor of Rome, 337 (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 22 • 23 • 24 Nicolaus Copernicus, 1543; Leonhard Euler, 1783; scientists (Commemoration) W – ELCA • Esther, matriarch, (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 25 Bede, theologian, 735 (Commemoration) R – LCMS • 26 • 27 John Calvin, renewer of the church, 1564 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 28 • 29 Juraj Tranovský, hymnwriter, 1637 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 30 • 31 Visit of Mary to Elizabeth -- minor festival (W) - modern date ==June==

• 1 Justin, martyr at Rome, c. 165 (Commemoration) R • 2 • 3 Martyrs of Uganda, 1886 (Commemoration) R – ELCA • John XXIII, Bishop of Rome, 1963 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 4 • 5 Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz, missionary to Germany, martyr, 754 (Commemoration) R • 6 • 7 Seattle, chief of the Duwamish Confederacy, 1866 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 8 • 9 Columba, 597; Aidan, 651; Bede, 735; teachers, renewers of the church (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 10 • 11 Barnabas, Apostle (R) • 12 First Ecumenical Council, 325 (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 13 • 14 Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea, 379; Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople, c. 389; Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, c. 385 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • Macrina, theologian, c. 379 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • Elisha, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS • 15 '' • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 Onesimos Nesib, translator, evangelist, 1931 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 22 • 23 • 24 John the Baptist (W) • 25 Presentation of the Augsburg Confession, 1530 (Commemoration) W • Philipp Melanchthon, renewer of the church, 1560 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 26 John and Paul, Martyrs - LCMS • Jeremiah, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS • 27 Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, 444 (Commemoration) W • 28 Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, c. 202 (Commemoration) W • 29 Peter and Paul, Apostles (R) • 30 Commemoration of Paul the Apostle (R) - Historic ==July==

• 1 Catherine Winkworth, 1878; John Mason Neale, 1866; hymn translators (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 2 • 3 Thomas, apostle (Lesser Festival) R – ELCA • 4 • 5 St. Cyril and Methodius (Lesser festival) - amongst Slovak Lutherans • 6 Jan Hus, martyr, 1415 (Commemoration) R – ELCA • Isaiah, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, c. 540 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 12 Nathan Söderblom, Archbishop of Uppsala, 1931 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 13 • 14 • 15 The Division of the Holy Apostles (R) - Historic • 16 Ruth, matriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 17 Bartolomé de Las Casas, missionary to the Indies, 1566 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 18 • 19 '' • 20 Elijah, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS • 21 Ezekiel, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS • 22 Mary Magdalene, (W) • 23 Birgitta of Sweden, renewer of the church, 1373 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 24 • 25 James, Apostle (R) • 26 • 27 • 28 Johann Sebastian Bach, 1750 W • Heinrich Schütz, 1672; George Frederick Handel, 1759; musicians (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 29 Saint Martha, Virgin (W) • Mary, Martha, and Lazarus of Bethany (Commemoration) W • Olaf, King of Norway, martyr, 1030 (Commemoration) R – ELCA • 30 Robert Barnes (martyr), confessor and martyr (Commemoration) R – LCMS • 31 Joseph of Arimathea (Commemoration) W – LCMS ==August==

• 1 • 2 • 3 Joanna, Mary, and Salome, myrrh-bearing women (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 4 • 5 • 6 Transfiguration of Our Lord (W) - More commonly observed on the last Sunday after Epiphany • 7 • 8 Dominic, priest, founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), 1221 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 9 • 10 Lawrence, deacon, martyr 258 (Commemoration) R • 11 Clare, Abbess of San Damiano, renewer of the Church, 1253 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 12 • 13 Florence Nightingale, 1910; Clara Maass, 1901; renewers of society (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 14 Maximilian Kolbe, 1941; Kaj Munk, 1944; martyrs (Commemoration) R – ELCA • 15 Assumption of Mary (W) (modern:Mary, Mother of Our Lord) , Mother of Our Lord • 16 Isaac, patriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS • Leonard Kaiser, Theologian / Student of Martin Luther/ Martyred at Schärding on the Banks of the River Inn, Austria 1527 • 17 Johann Gerhard, theologian, 1637 (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 18 • 19 Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, hymnwriter, theologian 1153 (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 20 Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, hymnwriter, theologian, 1153 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • Samuel, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 Bartholomew, Apostle (R) • 25 • 26 • 27 Monica, mother of Augustine 387 (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 28 Augustine, Bishop and Doctor, 430 (W) • Moses the Black, monk, martyr, c. 400 (Commemoration) R - ELCA • 29 The Martyrdom of John the Baptist (R) – LCMS • 30 • 31 ==September==

• 1 Joshua, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS • 2 Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig, bishop, renewer of the church, 1872 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • Hannah, matriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 3 Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, 604 (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 4 Moses, prophet (Commemoration)) R – LCMS • 5 Zechariah, prophet • Elizabeth, matriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 6 • 7 • 8 Nativity of Mary (W) - LCMS (19th century) • 9 Peter Claver, priest, missionary to Colombia, 1654 (Commemoration) – ELCA • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, 407 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 14 Holy Cross Day (R) • 15 • 16 Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, martyr, c. 258 (Commemoration) R • 17 Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, 1179 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 18 Dag Hammarskjöld, renewer of society, 1961 (Commemoration) W – ELCA '' • 19 • 20 Nelson Wesley Trout, bishop, 1996 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 21 Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist (R) • 22 Maurice and Companions, Martyrs (R) - Historic • Jonah, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 Michael and All Angels (W) • 30 Jerome, translator, teacher, 420 (Commemoration) W ==October==

• 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 Francis of Assisi, renewer of the church, 1226 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • Theodor Fliedner, renewer of society, 1864 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 5 • 6 William Tyndale, translator, martyr, 1536 (Commemoration) R – ELCA • 7 Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, pastor in North America, 1787 (Commemoration) W • 8 • 9 Abraham, patriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 10 Massie L. Kennard, renewer of the church, 1986 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 11 Phillip, deacon (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 Teresa of Ávila, teacher, renewer of the church, 1582 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 16 • 17 Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, martyr, c. 115 (Commemoration) R • 18 Luke, Evangelist(R) • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 James of Jerusalem, brother of Jesus and martyr, c. 62 (Lesser Festival) R '' • 24 • 25 Lydia, Dorcas (Tabitha), and Phoebe, faithful women (Commemoration) – LCMS • 26 Philipp Nicolai, 1608; Johann Heermann, 1647; Paul Gerhardt, 1676; hymnwriters (Commemoration) W • 27 • 28 Simon and Jude, Apostles(R) • 29 • 30 • 31 Reformation Day (Lesser Festival) R ==November==

• 1 '''All Saints' Day'''(W) • 2 **Daniel Payne, teacher, 1893 (Commemoration) – ELCA [The Commemoration of the Faithful Departed - All Soul's Day] • 3 Martín de Porres, renewer of society, 1639 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 John Christian Frederick Heyer, 1873; Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, 1719; Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen, 1918; missionaries (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 8 Johann von Staupitz, priest, 1524 (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 9 Martin Chemnitz, pastor and confessor, 1586 (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 10 • 11 Martin of Tours, Bishop, 397 (W) • Søren Aabye Kierkegaard, teacher, 1855 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 12 • 13 • 14 Emperor Justinian, confessor, emperor of New Rome, 565 (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 15 • 16 • 17 Elizabeth, renewer of society, 1231 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 18 • 19 Elizabeth of Hungary, 1231 (W) – LCMS • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 Clement, bishop of Rome, c. 100 (Commemoration) W • Miguel Agustín Pro, priest, martyr, 1927 (Commemoration) R – ELCA • 24 Justus Falckner, 1723; Jehu Jones, 1852; William Passavant, 1894; pastors in North America (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 25 Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr (R) - historic • Isaac Watts, hymnwriter, 1748 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 Noah, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS • 30 Andrew, Apostle (R) ==December==

• 1 • 2 Dorothy Kazel, Ita Ford, Maura Clarke and Jean Donovan, martyrs of El Salvador, 1980 (Commemoration) R - ELCA • 3 Francis Xavier, missionary to Asia, 1552 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 4 John of Damascus, theologian and hymnwriter, c. 749 (Commemoration) W • 5 • 6 Nicholas, bishop of Myra, c. 342 (Commemoration) W • 7 Ambrose, bishop of Milan, 397 (Commemoration) W • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 Lucy, martyr, 304 (Commemoration) R • 14 John of the Cross, renewer of the church, 1591 (Commemoration) W – ELCA • 15 • 16 • 17 Daniel and the Three Young Men, prophets, (Commemoration) R – LCMS • 18 • 19 Adam and Eve, patriarch and matriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS • 20 Katharina von Bora Luther, renewer of the church, 1552 (Commemoration) W • 21 Thomas, Apostle(R) – LCMS • 22 • 23 • 24 VIGIL OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD (W) • 25 NATIVITY OF OUR LORD (W) • 26 Stephen, Deacon and Martyr (R) • 27 John, Apostle and Evangelist (W) • 28 The Holy Innocents, Martyrs (R) • 29 Thomas of Canterbury, Martyr (R) - Historic • David, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS • 30 • 31 ==See also==