Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene (Mary of Bethany)

female
Mary Magdalene is described, both in the canonical New Testament and in the New Testament apocrypha, as a devoted disciple of Jesus. She is...
Heinrich Schütz

Heinrich Schütz

male, deceased (1672)
Heinrich Schütz (October 8 (JC), 1585 Köstritz - November 6, 1672 Dresden) was a German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most im...
George Herbert

George Herbert

male, deceased (1633)
George Herbert (April 3, 1593 - March 1, 1633) was a Welsh poet, orator and a priest. Being born into an artistic and wealthy family, he received a...
John Fisher

John Fisher

male, deceased (1535)
Saint John Fisher also John Cardinal Fisher (c. 1469-1535), was an English Catholic bishop, cardinal and martyr. He shares his feast day with Saint...
Hilary Of Poitiers

Hilary Of Poitiers

male, deceased (367)
Hilarius or Hilary was bishop of Poitiers ('Pictavium') and considered an eminent doctor of the Western Christian Church. He was sometimes referred...
Mary Brant

Mary Brant

female, deceased (1796)
Koñwatsiãtsiaiéñni or Mary (Molly) Brant was a Mohawk leader and the older sister of Joseph Brant, both of whom wielded considerable influence duri...
Paul Gerhardt

Paul Gerhardt

male, deceased (1676)
Paul Gerhardt, was a German hymn writer. He is commemorated as a hymnwriter in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church on October 26 with...
Ini Kopuria

Ini Kopuria

male
Ini Kopuria (died 1945), a police officer from Maravovo, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands formed the Melanesian Brotherhood in 1925. He and the Bishop...
Absalom Jones

Absalom Jones

male, deceased (1818)
Absalom Jones (1746 - February 13, 1818), was an African American abolitionist and clergyman. He was the first African American priest in the...