Lit Date Category: Sundays and Lesser Festivals

Queen of Scotlandd. 1093

First Bishop of Canterburyd. 605

Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr b. 1118 d. December 29, 1170 Lesser Feasts and Fasts (2006) explains: He was born in London in 1118 of a wealthy Norman family and educated in England and in France. He then became an administrator for Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury. Later he was sent to study law in Italy and […]

Bishop of Milan b. c.340 d. 397 Lesser Feasts and Fasts (2006) recounts the life of Ambrose as follows: Ambrose was the son of a Roman governor in Gaul, and in 373 he himself was governor in Upper Italy. Though brought up in a Christian family, Ambrose had not been baptized. He became involved in […]

Archbishop of Utrecht, Missionary to Frisiad.739

Priest, Translator b. 1494 d. 1536 William Tyndale is one of many translators of the scriptures who we celebrate at this time of year. Recently, we remembered Jerome, and soon we’ll remember Samuel Issac Joseph Schereschewsky and Henry Martyn (although in 2014, Henry Martyn’s feast day falls on a Sunday, so he will be trumped […]

Princess of Hungary d. 1231 This from Lesser Feasts and Fasts of the Episcopal Church (2006): Elizabeth’s charity is remembered in numerous hospitals that bear her name throughout the world. She was born in 1207 at Pressburg (now Bratislava), daughter of King Andrew the Second of Hungary, and was married in 1221 to Louis the […]