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New Year's Day
Famous Birthdays: Paul Revere (1735) And then what Happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz The Paul Revere House
Betsy Ross (1752) The Betsy Ross Homepage
January 2nd
Feast of Sts. Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzen
Read Pope Benedict XVI's audiences on these saints here: St. Basil part I, St. Basil part II, St. Gregory part I, St. Gregory part II
January 3rd
Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus
Famous Birthdays:
Joseph Damien de Veuster, also known as Blessed Damien the Leper (1840)
January 4th
Feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Biography of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton from the Patron Saints Index
Louis Braille (1809) Online Biography
January 5th
Feast of Saint John Neumann
January 6th
Traditional Celebration of the Epiphany
St. Joan of Arc (1412) Saint Joan, the Girl Soldier by Louis de Wohl (Vision Series) Saint Joan of Arc Website
January 7th
Feast of Saint Raymond of Penafort
St. Bernadette Soubirous (1844) Bernadette, Our Lady's Little Servant by Hertha Pauli (Vision Series) Biography from the Patron Saints Index
January 12th
Charles Perrault (1628), author of Cinderella CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Charles Perrault
January 17th
Benjamin Franklin (1706) Benjamin Franklin by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? by Jean Fritz The Electric Franklin Website
January 18th
A.A. Milne (1882), author of Winnie the Pooh The Page at Pooh Corner
January 21st
Feast of St. Agnes, virgin and martyr Catholic Encyclopedia Entry on Saint Agnes
January 22nd
Lord Byron (1788), English poet The Lord Byron Homepage
January 25th
The Conversion of St. Paul Caravaggio Painting Michelangelo Painting Dujardin Painting Lives of the Saints - Conversion of Saint Paul
Robert Burns (1759), Scottish poet Robert Burns Country
January 27th
Feast of St. Angela Merici, Foundress of the Ursulines Catholic Encyclopedia Entry on St. Angela Merici
Lewis Carroll (1832), author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland The Lewis Carroll Home Page
January 28th
Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas Saint Thomas Aquinas and the Preaching Beggars by Brendan Larnen, O.P. and Milton Lomask (Vision Series) Catholic Encyclopedia Entry on St. Thomas Aquinas
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