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January

2027
  1. 1Basil of Caesarea
  2. 2Gregory of Nazianzus
  3. 3Ignatius of Antioch
  4. 4desert father
  5. 5Irenaeus of Lyons
  6. 6Irenaeus of Lyons
  7. 7Tertullian
  8. 8Tertullian
  9. 9Cyprian of Carthage
  10. 10Gregory of Nyssa
  11. 11apostle
  12. 12Basil of Caesarea
  13. 13Hilary of Poitiers
  14. 14Gregory of Nyssa
  15. 15John Chrysostom
  16. 16John Chrysostom
  17. 17Anthony the Great
  18. 18Athanasius of Alexandria
  19. 19Augustine of Hippo
  20. 20Jerome
  21. 21Maximus the Confessor
  22. 22Pope Leo I
  23. 23Benedict of Nursia
  24. 24Benedict of Nursia
  25. 25Gregory of Nazianzus
  26. 26John of Damascus
  27. 27Anthony the Great
  28. 28Ephrem the Syrian
  29. 29Justin Martyr
  30. 30Clement of Alexandria
  31. 31Pope Gregory I (the Great)

February

2027
  1. 1ante nicene
  2. 2Ignatius of Antioch
  3. 3Ignatius of Antioch
  4. 4Irenaeus of Lyons
  5. 5Irenaeus of Lyons
  6. 6Tertullian
  7. 7Tertullian
  8. 8nicene
  9. 9Athanasius of Alexandria
  10. 10Athanasius of Alexandria
  11. 11Basil of Caesarea
  12. 12Gregory of Nazianzus
  13. 13Edict of Milan
  14. 14John Chrysostom
  15. 15post nicene
  16. 16Augustine of Hippo
  17. 17Augustine of Hippo
  18. 18Pope Leo I
  19. 19Jerome
  20. 20Ambrose of Milan
  21. 21Pope Leo I
  22. 22desert father
  23. 23Polycarp of Smyrna
  24. 24Maximus the Confessor
  25. 25John of Damascus
  26. 26Anthony the Great
  27. 27Ephrem the Syrian
  28. 28Justin Martyr

March

2027
  1. 1apostle
  2. 2Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  3. 3Polycarp of Smyrna
  4. 4Novatian schism in Rome
  5. 5Ignatius of Antioch
  6. 6Irenaeus of Lyons
  7. 7Irenaeus of Lyons
  8. 8apostolic father
  9. 9Tertullian
  10. 10Cyprian of Carthage
  11. 11Athanasius of Alexandria
  12. 12Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  13. 13Basil of Caesarea
  14. 14Benedict of Nursia
  15. 15apologist
  16. 16John Chrysostom
  17. 17Patrick of Ireland
  18. 18Augustine of Hippo
  19. 19Augustine of Hippo
  20. 20Augustine of Hippo
  21. 21Jerome
  22. 22ante nicene
  23. 23Pope Leo I
  24. 24Benedict of Nursia
  25. 25Benedict of Nursia
  26. 26Maximus the Confessor
  27. 27John of Damascus
  28. 28Anthony the Great
  29. 29nicene
  30. 30Justin Martyr
  31. 31Clement of Alexandria

April

2027
  1. 1Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  2. 2Polycarp of Smyrna
  3. 3Ignatius of Antioch
  4. 4Isidore of Seville
  5. 5post nicene
  6. 6Irenaeus of Lyons
  7. 7Tertullian
  8. 8Tertullian
  9. 9Cyprian of Carthage
  10. 10Athanasius of Alexandria
  11. 11Athanasius of Alexandria
  12. 12desert father
  13. 13Gregory of Nazianzus
  14. 14Gregory of Nyssa
  15. 15Donatist schism opens in Africa
  16. 16John Chrysostom
  17. 17Augustine of Hippo
  18. 18Augustine of Hippo
  19. 19apostle
  20. 20Jerome
  21. 21Ambrose of Milan
  22. 22Pope Leo I
  23. 23Benedict of Nursia
  24. 24Benedict of Nursia
  25. 25Mark the Evangelist
  26. 26apostolic father
  27. 27Anthony the Great
  28. 28Ephrem the Syrian
  29. 29Justin Martyr
  30. 30James, son of Zebedee

May

2027
  1. 1Pelagius
  2. 2Athanasius of Alexandria
  3. 3James the Just
  4. 4Ignatius of Antioch
  5. 5Second Council of Constantinople
  6. 6Irenaeus of Lyons
  7. 7Tertullian
  8. 8John the Apostle
  9. 9Pachomius the Great
  10. 10ante nicene
  11. 11Athanasius of Alexandria
  12. 12Basil of Caesarea
  13. 13Gregory of Nazianzus
  14. 14Gregory of Nyssa
  15. 15Pachomius the Great
  16. 16John Chrysostom
  17. 17nicene
  18. 18Augustine of Hippo
  19. 19Augustine of Hippo
  20. 20Jerome
  21. 21Constantine the Great
  22. 22Pope Leo I
  23. 23Benedict of Nursia
  24. 24post nicene
  25. 25Bede the Venerable
  26. 26John of Damascus
  27. 27Bede the Venerable
  28. 28Ephrem the Syrian
  29. 29Justin Martyr
  30. 30Clement of Alexandria
  31. 31desert father

June

2027
  1. 1Justin Martyr
  2. 2Three Chapters controversy
  3. 3Ignatius of Antioch
  4. 4Irenaeus of Lyons
  5. 5Irenaeus of Lyons
  6. 6Tertullian
  7. 7apostle
  8. 8Cyprian of Carthage
  9. 9Ephrem the Syrian
  10. 10Athanasius of Alexandria
  11. 11Basil of Caesarea
  12. 12Gregory of Nazianzus
  13. 13Gregory of Nyssa
  14. 14apostolic father
  15. 15Jerome
  16. 16Augustine of Hippo
  17. 17Augustine of Hippo
  18. 18Augustine of Hippo
  19. 19First Council of Nicaea
  20. 20Ambrose of Milan
  21. 21Eusebius of Caesarea
  22. 22Council of Ephesus
  23. 23Benedict of Nursia
  24. 24Maximus the Confessor
  25. 25John of Damascus
  26. 26Anthony the Great
  27. 27Cyril of Alexandria
  28. 28Irenaeus of Lyons
  29. 29Peter
  30. 30Pope Gregory I (the Great)

July

2027
  1. 1Polycarp of Smyrna
  2. 2Ignatius of Antioch
  3. 3Second Council of Orange
  4. 4Irenaeus of Lyons
  5. 5nicene
  6. 6Tertullian
  7. 7Tertullian
  8. 8Cyprian of Carthage
  9. 9First Council of Constantinople
  10. 10Athanasius of Alexandria
  11. 11Benedict of Nursia
  12. 12post nicene
  13. 13Gregory of Nyssa
  14. 14John Chrysostom
  15. 15John Chrysostom
  16. 16Augustine of Hippo
  17. 17Augustine of Hippo
  18. 18Augustine of Hippo
  19. 19Macrina the Younger
  20. 20Ambrose of Milan
  21. 21Pope Leo I
  22. 22Mary Magdalene
  23. 23John Cassian
  24. 24Maximus the Confessor
  25. 25James, son of Zebedee
  26. 26apostle
  27. 27Ephrem the Syrian
  28. 28Acacian Schism begins
  29. 29Clement of Alexandria
  30. 30Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  31. 31Polycarp of Smyrna

August

2027
  1. 1Ignatius of Antioch
  2. 2apostolic father
  3. 3Irenaeus of Lyons
  4. 4Irenaeus of Lyons
  5. 5Tertullian
  6. 6Tertullian
  7. 7Cyprian of Carthage
  8. 8Athanasius of Alexandria
  9. 9apologist
  10. 10Basil of Caesarea
  11. 11Gregory of Nazianzus
  12. 12Gregory of Nyssa
  13. 13Hippolytus of Rome
  14. 14John Chrysostom
  15. 15Mary, mother of Jesus
  16. 16ante nicene
  17. 17Augustine of Hippo
  18. 18Jerome
  19. 19Ambrose of Milan
  20. 20Pope Leo I
  21. 21Benedict of Nursia
  22. 22Benedict of Nursia
  23. 23Irenaeus of Lyons
  24. 24Sack of Rome by Alaric
  25. 25Anthony the Great
  26. 26Ephrem the Syrian
  27. 27Justin Martyr
  28. 28Augustine of Hippo
  29. 29Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  30. 30post nicene
  31. 31Cyprian of Carthage

September

2027
  1. 1Ignatius of Antioch
  2. 2Irenaeus of Lyons
  3. 3Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  4. 4Tertullian
  5. 5Tertullian
  6. 6desert father
  7. 7Athanasius of Alexandria
  8. 8Athanasius of Alexandria
  9. 9Basil of Caesarea
  10. 10Gregory of Nazianzus
  11. 11Gregory of Nyssa
  12. 12John Chrysostom
  13. 13John Chrysostom
  14. 14Augustine of Hippo
  15. 15Augustine of Hippo
  16. 16Cyprian of Carthage
  17. 17Jerome
  18. 18Ambrose of Milan
  19. 19Pope Leo I
  20. 20apostolic father
  21. 21Matthew the Apostle
  22. 22Maximus the Confessor
  23. 23John of Damascus
  24. 24Second Council of Nicaea
  25. 25Synod of Whitby
  26. 26Justin Martyr
  27. 27apologist
  28. 28Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  29. 29Polycarp of Smyrna
  30. 30Jerome

October

2027
  1. 1Ignatius of Antioch
  2. 2Irenaeus of Lyons
  3. 3Irenaeus of Lyons
  4. 4ante nicene
  5. 5Tertullian
  6. 6Cyprian of Carthage
  7. 7Athanasius of Alexandria
  8. 8Council of Chalcedon
  9. 9Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
  10. 10Gregory of Nazianzus
  11. 11nicene
  12. 12Martin of Tours
  13. 13John Chrysostom
  14. 14Augustine of Hippo
  15. 15Augustine of Hippo
  16. 16Augustine of Hippo
  17. 17Ignatius of Antioch
  18. 18Luke the Evangelist
  19. 19Pope Leo I
  20. 20Benedict of Nursia
  21. 21Benedict of Nursia
  22. 22Maximus the Confessor
  23. 23Boethius
  24. 24Anthony the Great
  25. 25desert father
  26. 26Justin Martyr
  27. 27Clement of Alexandria
  28. 28Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  29. 29Polycarp of Smyrna
  30. 30Ignatius of Antioch
  31. 31Ignatius of Antioch

November

2027
  1. 1apostle
  2. 2Irenaeus of Lyons
  3. 3Tertullian
  4. 4Tertullian
  5. 5Cyprian of Carthage
  6. 6Athanasius of Alexandria
  7. 7Third Council of Constantinople
  8. 8apostolic father
  9. 9Gregory of Nazianzus
  10. 10Pope Leo I
  11. 11Martin of Tours
  12. 12John Chrysostom
  13. 13John Chrysostom
  14. 14Augustine of Hippo
  15. 15apologist
  16. 16Matthew the Apostle
  17. 17Ambrose of Milan
  18. 18Pope Leo I
  19. 19Benedict of Nursia
  20. 20Benedict of Nursia
  21. 21Maximus the Confessor
  22. 22ante nicene
  23. 23Clement of Rome
  24. 24Ephrem the Syrian
  25. 25Clement of Rome
  26. 26Clement of Alexandria
  27. 27Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  28. 28Polycarp of Smyrna
  29. 29nicene
  30. 30Andrew

December

2027
  1. 1Irenaeus of Lyons
  2. 2Irenaeus of Lyons
  3. 3Tertullian
  4. 4Clement of Alexandria
  5. 5Cyprian of Carthage
  6. 6post nicene
  7. 7Ambrose of Milan
  8. 8Basil of Caesarea
  9. 9Gregory of Nazianzus
  10. 10Gregory of Nyssa
  11. 11John Chrysostom
  12. 12John Chrysostom
  13. 13desert father
  14. 14Augustine of Hippo
  15. 15Augustine of Hippo
  16. 16Jerome
  17. 17Ambrose of Milan
  18. 18Pope Leo I
  19. 19Benedict of Nursia
  20. 20Ignatius of Antioch
  21. 21Maximus the Confessor
  22. 22John of Damascus
  23. 23Anthony the Great
  24. 24Ephrem the Syrian
  25. 25Justin Martyr
  26. 26Clement of Alexandria
  27. 27John the Apostle
  28. 28Polycarp of Smyrna
  29. 29Ignatius of Antioch
  30. 30Ignatius of Antioch
  31. 31Irenaeus of Lyons

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