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A second-century scholar, apologist, and martyr, who has been called one of the most original thinkers Christianity produced. Beheaded in Rome after he refused to sacrifice to the gods. Feast day: June 1.

The King of Hawaii, who with his queen, Emma, asked the bishop of Oxford to send missionaries in the mid-19th century, thereby establishing Anglicanism in the Hawaiian islands. Feast day: Nov. 28.

A 19th-century priest and professor of poetry, and one of the initiators of the Oxford Movement in England. Feast day: March 29.

The first missionary bishop of The Episcopal Church, who established seven Midwest dioceses in the 19th century. Feast day: May 24.

A 17th-century bishop and hymn writer in the Church of England. Feast day: March 21.

A 20th-century Baptist preacher and civil rights leader, and the United States’ most ardent proponent of nonviolent social reform. Feast day: April 4.

«Lord, have mercy.» An ancient Greek supplication, said or sung in response to intercessory prayers.

From the Greek word laos meaning «people,» the laity are baptized Christians distinct from those who are ordained.

A nonlegislative gathering of bishops from throughout the Anglican Communion, normally held every 10 years at the invitation of the archbishop of Canterbury.

The London residence of the archbishop of Canterbury since 1207.