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January

2028
  1. 1Basil of Caesarea
  2. 2Gregory of Nazianzus
  3. 3apologist
  4. 4Cyprian of Carthage
  5. 5Athanasius of Alexandria
  6. 6Athanasius of Alexandria
  7. 7Basil of Caesarea
  8. 8Gregory of Nazianzus
  9. 9Gregory of Nyssa
  10. 10Gregory of Nyssa
  11. 11John Chrysostom
  12. 12Augustine of Hippo
  13. 13Hilary of Poitiers
  14. 14Augustine of Hippo
  15. 15Jerome
  16. 16Ambrose of Milan
  17. 17Anthony the Great
  18. 18Athanasius of Alexandria
  19. 19Benedict of Nursia
  20. 20Maximus the Confessor
  21. 21Maximus the Confessor
  22. 22Anthony the Great
  23. 23Ephrem the Syrian
  24. 24post nicene
  25. 25Gregory of Nazianzus
  26. 26Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  27. 27Polycarp of Smyrna
  28. 28Ephrem the Syrian
  29. 29Ignatius of Antioch
  30. 30Irenaeus of Lyons
  31. 31desert father

February

2028
  1. 1Tertullian
  2. 2Tertullian
  3. 3Cyprian of Carthage
  4. 4Athanasius of Alexandria
  5. 5Athanasius of Alexandria
  6. 6Basil of Caesarea
  7. 7apostle
  8. 8Gregory of Nyssa
  9. 9John Chrysostom
  10. 10John Chrysostom
  11. 11Augustine of Hippo
  12. 12Augustine of Hippo
  13. 13Edict of Milan
  14. 14apostolic father
  15. 15Ambrose of Milan
  16. 16Pope Leo I
  17. 17Benedict of Nursia
  18. 18Pope Leo I
  19. 19Maximus the Confessor
  20. 20John of Damascus
  21. 21apologist
  22. 22Ephrem the Syrian
  23. 23Polycarp of Smyrna
  24. 24Clement of Alexandria
  25. 25Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  26. 26Polycarp of Smyrna
  27. 27Ignatius of Antioch
  28. 28ante nicene
  29. 29John Cassian

March

2028
  1. 1Irenaeus of Lyons
  2. 2Tertullian
  3. 3Tertullian
  4. 4Novatian schism in Rome
  5. 5Athanasius of Alexandria
  6. 6nicene
  7. 7Basil of Caesarea
  8. 8Gregory of Nazianzus
  9. 9Gregory of Nyssa
  10. 10John Chrysostom
  11. 11John Chrysostom
  12. 12Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  13. 13post nicene
  14. 14Benedict of Nursia
  15. 15Jerome
  16. 16Ambrose of Milan
  17. 17Patrick of Ireland
  18. 18Benedict of Nursia
  19. 19Benedict of Nursia
  20. 20desert father
  21. 21John of Damascus
  22. 22Anthony the Great
  23. 23Ephrem the Syrian
  24. 24Justin Martyr
  25. 25Clement of Alexandria
  26. 26Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  27. 27apostle
  28. 28Ignatius of Antioch
  29. 29Ignatius of Antioch
  30. 30Irenaeus of Lyons
  31. 31Irenaeus of Lyons

April

2028
  1. 1Tertullian
  2. 2Tertullian
  3. 3apostolic father
  4. 4Isidore of Seville
  5. 5Athanasius of Alexandria
  6. 6Basil of Caesarea
  7. 7Gregory of Nazianzus
  8. 8Gregory of Nyssa
  9. 9John Chrysostom
  10. 10apologist
  11. 11Augustine of Hippo
  12. 12Augustine of Hippo
  13. 13Augustine of Hippo
  14. 14Jerome
  15. 15Donatist schism opens in Africa
  16. 16Pope Leo I
  17. 17ante nicene
  18. 18Benedict of Nursia
  19. 19Maximus the Confessor
  20. 20John of Damascus
  21. 21Anthony the Great
  22. 22Ephrem the Syrian
  23. 23Justin Martyr
  24. 24nicene
  25. 25Mark the Evangelist
  26. 26Polycarp of Smyrna
  27. 27Ignatius of Antioch
  28. 28Ignatius of Antioch
  29. 29Irenaeus of Lyons
  30. 30James, son of Zebedee

May

2028
  1. 1Pelagius
  2. 2Athanasius of Alexandria
  3. 3James the Just
  4. 4Athanasius of Alexandria
  5. 5Second Council of Constantinople
  6. 6Basil of Caesarea
  7. 7Gregory of Nazianzus
  8. 8John the Apostle
  9. 9Pachomius the Great
  10. 10John Chrysostom
  11. 11Augustine of Hippo
  12. 12Augustine of Hippo
  13. 13Augustine of Hippo
  14. 14Jerome
  15. 15Pachomius the Great
  16. 16Pope Leo I
  17. 17Benedict of Nursia
  18. 18Benedict of Nursia
  19. 19Maximus the Confessor
  20. 20John of Damascus
  21. 21Constantine the Great
  22. 22apostolic father
  23. 23Justin Martyr
  24. 24Clement of Alexandria
  25. 25Bede the Venerable
  26. 26Polycarp of Smyrna
  27. 27Bede the Venerable
  28. 28Ignatius of Antioch
  29. 29apologist
  30. 30Irenaeus of Lyons
  31. 31Tertullian

June

2028
  1. 1Justin Martyr
  2. 2Three Chapters controversy
  3. 3Athanasius of Alexandria
  4. 4Athanasius of Alexandria
  5. 5ante nicene
  6. 6Gregory of Nazianzus
  7. 7Gregory of Nyssa
  8. 8John Chrysostom
  9. 9Ephrem the Syrian
  10. 10Augustine of Hippo
  11. 11Augustine of Hippo
  12. 12nicene
  13. 13Jerome
  14. 14Ambrose of Milan
  15. 15Jerome
  16. 16Benedict of Nursia
  17. 17Benedict of Nursia
  18. 18Maximus the Confessor
  19. 19First Council of Nicaea
  20. 20Anthony the Great
  21. 21Eusebius of Caesarea
  22. 22Council of Ephesus
  23. 23Clement of Alexandria
  24. 24Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  25. 25Polycarp of Smyrna
  26. 26desert father
  27. 27Cyril of Alexandria
  28. 28Irenaeus of Lyons
  29. 29Peter
  30. 30Tertullian

July

2028
  1. 1Tertullian
  2. 2Cyprian of Carthage
  3. 3Second Council of Orange
  4. 4Athanasius of Alexandria
  5. 5Basil of Caesarea
  6. 6Gregory of Nazianzus
  7. 7Gregory of Nyssa
  8. 8John Chrysostom
  9. 9First Council of Constantinople
  10. 10apostolic father
  11. 11Benedict of Nursia
  12. 12Augustine of Hippo
  13. 13Jerome
  14. 14Ambrose of Milan
  15. 15Pope Leo I
  16. 16Benedict of Nursia
  17. 17apologist
  18. 18Maximus the Confessor
  19. 19Macrina the Younger
  20. 20Anthony the Great
  21. 21Ephrem the Syrian
  22. 22Mary Magdalene
  23. 23John Cassian
  24. 24ante nicene
  25. 25James, son of Zebedee
  26. 26Ignatius of Antioch
  27. 27Ignatius of Antioch
  28. 28Acacian Schism begins
  29. 29Irenaeus of Lyons
  30. 30Tertullian
  31. 31nicene

August

2028
  1. 1Cyprian of Carthage
  2. 2Athanasius of Alexandria
  3. 3Athanasius of Alexandria
  4. 4Basil of Caesarea
  5. 5Gregory of Nazianzus
  6. 6Gregory of Nyssa
  7. 7post nicene
  8. 8John Chrysostom
  9. 9Augustine of Hippo
  10. 10Augustine of Hippo
  11. 11Augustine of Hippo
  12. 12Jerome
  13. 13Hippolytus of Rome
  14. 14desert father
  15. 15Mary, mother of Jesus
  16. 16Benedict of Nursia
  17. 17Maximus the Confessor
  18. 18John of Damascus
  19. 19Anthony the Great
  20. 20Ephrem the Syrian
  21. 21apostle
  22. 22Clement of Alexandria
  23. 23Irenaeus of Lyons
  24. 24Sack of Rome by Alaric
  25. 25Ignatius of Antioch
  26. 26Ignatius of Antioch
  27. 27Irenaeus of Lyons
  28. 28Augustine of Hippo
  29. 29Tertullian
  30. 30Tertullian
  31. 31Cyprian of Carthage

September

2028
  1. 1Athanasius of Alexandria
  2. 2Athanasius of Alexandria
  3. 3Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  4. 4apologist
  5. 5Gregory of Nyssa
  6. 6John Chrysostom
  7. 7John Chrysostom
  8. 8Augustine of Hippo
  9. 9Augustine of Hippo
  10. 10Augustine of Hippo
  11. 11ante nicene
  12. 12Ambrose of Milan
  13. 13John Chrysostom
  14. 14Benedict of Nursia
  15. 15Benedict of Nursia
  16. 16Cyprian of Carthage
  17. 17John of Damascus
  18. 18nicene
  19. 19Ephrem the Syrian
  20. 20Justin Martyr
  21. 21Matthew the Apostle
  22. 22Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  23. 23Polycarp of Smyrna
  24. 24Second Council of Nicaea
  25. 25Synod of Whitby
  26. 26Irenaeus of Lyons
  27. 27Irenaeus of Lyons
  28. 28Tertullian
  29. 29Tertullian
  30. 30Jerome

October

2028
  1. 1Athanasius of Alexandria
  2. 2desert father
  3. 3Basil of Caesarea
  4. 4Gregory of Nazianzus
  5. 5Gregory of Nyssa
  6. 6John Chrysostom
  7. 7John Chrysostom
  8. 8Council of Chalcedon
  9. 9Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
  10. 10Augustine of Hippo
  11. 11Jerome
  12. 12Martin of Tours
  13. 13Pope Leo I
  14. 14Benedict of Nursia
  15. 15Benedict of Nursia
  16. 16apostolic father
  17. 17Ignatius of Antioch
  18. 18Luke the Evangelist
  19. 19Ephrem the Syrian
  20. 20Justin Martyr
  21. 21Clement of Alexandria
  22. 22Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  23. 23Boethius
  24. 24Ignatius of Antioch
  25. 25Ignatius of Antioch
  26. 26Irenaeus of Lyons
  27. 27Irenaeus of Lyons
  28. 28Tertullian
  29. 29Tertullian
  30. 30ante nicene
  31. 31Athanasius of Alexandria

November

2028
  1. 1Athanasius of Alexandria
  2. 2Basil of Caesarea
  3. 3Gregory of Nazianzus
  4. 4Gregory of Nyssa
  5. 5John Chrysostom
  6. 6nicene
  7. 7Third Council of Constantinople
  8. 8Augustine of Hippo
  9. 9Augustine of Hippo
  10. 10Pope Leo I
  11. 11Martin of Tours
  12. 12Pope Leo I
  13. 13John Chrysostom
  14. 14Benedict of Nursia
  15. 15Maximus the Confessor
  16. 16Matthew the Apostle
  17. 17Anthony the Great
  18. 18Ephrem the Syrian
  19. 19Justin Martyr
  20. 20desert father
  21. 21Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  22. 22Polycarp of Smyrna
  23. 23Clement of Rome
  24. 24Ignatius of Antioch
  25. 25Clement of Rome
  26. 26Irenaeus of Lyons
  27. 27apostle
  28. 28Tertullian
  29. 29Cyprian of Carthage
  30. 30Andrew

December

2028
  1. 1Athanasius of Alexandria
  2. 2Basil of Caesarea
  3. 3Gregory of Nazianzus
  4. 4Clement of Alexandria
  5. 5John Chrysostom
  6. 6John Chrysostom
  7. 7Ambrose of Milan
  8. 8Augustine of Hippo
  9. 9Augustine of Hippo
  10. 10Jerome
  11. 11apologist
  12. 12Pope Leo I
  13. 13Benedict of Nursia
  14. 14Benedict of Nursia
  15. 15Maximus the Confessor
  16. 16John of Damascus
  17. 17Anthony the Great
  18. 18ante nicene
  19. 19Justin Martyr
  20. 20Ignatius of Antioch
  21. 21Pope Gregory I (the Great)
  22. 22Polycarp of Smyrna
  23. 23Ignatius of Antioch
  24. 24Ignatius of Antioch
  25. 25nicene
  26. 26Irenaeus of Lyons
  27. 27John the Apostle
  28. 28Tertullian
  29. 29Cyprian of Carthage
  30. 30Athanasius of Alexandria
  31. 31Athanasius of Alexandria

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