FEBRUARY

1    Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525
2    THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE (CANDLEMAS)
3    Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary in Denmark and Sweden, 865
4    Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189
6    The Martyrs of Japan, 1597
10    Scholastica, sister of Benedict, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543
14    Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 and 885
14    Valentine, Martyr at Rome, c.269
15    Sigfrid, Bishop, Apostle of Sweden, 1045
15    Thomas Bray, Priest, Founder of the SPCK and the SPG, 1730
17    Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977
23    Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155
27    George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633