The Christmas ceremony is accompanied by a reading of A Visit From St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore and Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus by Francis Pharcellus Church.

* 1839 – Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher ( d. 1906 )

Francis Pharcellus Church, author of the famous editorial

" He unwittingly gave one of the paper's editors, Francis Pharcellus Church, an opportunity to rise above the simple question and address the philosophical issues behind it.

* February 22 – Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher ( d. 1906 )

Francis Pharcellus Church.

The monument of Francis Pharcellus Church in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

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* Francis Pharcellus Church ( 1839 – 1906 ), editor at the New York Sun who penned the editorial " Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus "

" ( commonly referred to as " Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus "), written by Francis Pharcellus Church.

John Wesley consecrated Thomas Coke a " General Superintendent ," and directed that Francis Asbury also be consecrated for the United States of America in 1784, where the Methodist Episcopal Church first became a separate denomination apart from the Church of England.

The Roman Breviary has undergone several revisions: The most remarkable of these is that by Francis Quignonez, cardinal of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme ( 1536 ), which, though not accepted by Rome ( it was approved by Clement VII and Paul III, and permitted as a substitute for the unrevised Breviary, until Pius V in 1568 excluded it as too short and too modern, and issued a reformed edition ( Breviarium Pianum, Pian Breviary ) of the old Breviary ), formed the model for the still more thorough reform made in 1549 by the Church of England, whose daily morning and evening services are but a condensation and simplification of the Breviary offices.

** Francis Xavier ( Roman Catholic Church and Anglican communion )

Other popular landmarks and monuments include the Mansion House, the Anna Livia monument, the Molly Malone statue, Christ Church Cathedral, St Patrick's Cathedral, Saint Francis Xavier Church on Upper Gardiner Street near Mountjoy Square, The Custom House, and Áras an Uachtaráin.

Bones of Saint Francis Xavier are also found in the Espirito Santo ( Holy Spirit ) Church, Margão and in Sanv Fransiku Xavierachi Igorz ( Church of St. Francis Xavier ), Batpal, Canacona, Goa.

Other pilgrimage centres include Saint Francis Xavier's birthplace in Navarra, Church of Il Gesu, Rome, Malacca ( where he was buried for 2 years, before being brought to Goa ), Sancian ( Place of death ) etc.

* St. Stephen's Church, Kombuthurai-church built by Francis Xavier in India ( 1542 ).

After his wife's death, his son, Charles Francis Adams, had him reinterred with his wife in the expanded family crypt in the United First Parish Church across the street, next to his parents.

His close friend, President Ronald Reagan, gave the eulogy at the funeral, which was held at Manhattan's St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church.

In 1848, the General Conference stated, “ when the Church has collected ... a great population born within bosom, she cannot fulfill her high mission unless she takes measure to prevent this population from being withdrawn from under her care in the period of its youth .” The first two American bishops of the Methodist Church, Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury, opened a preparatory school in Abingdon, Maryland in 1787.

* 1622 – Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Jesuits, are canonized as saints by the Catholic Church.

** Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos ( Roman Catholic Church )

He also supported the elevation of Americans such as Cardinal Francis Spellman from a minor to a major role in the Church.

The first official organization in the United States occurred in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1784, with the formation of the Methodist Episcopal Church at the Christmas Conference with Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke as the leaders.

* Children: Michael Francis Compton ( b. 25 November 1940 ) Doreen Crick ; Gabrielle Anne ( b. 15 July 1951 ) and Jacqueline Marie-Therese Nichols ( b. 12 March 1954, d. 28 February 2011 ) Odile Crick ;

* Grandchildren: Alexander ( b. March 1974 ), Kindra ( b. May 1976 ), Camberley ( b. June 1978 ), and Francis ( b. February 1981 ), Michael & Barbara Crick's children ; Mark & Nicholas, the late Jacqueline and Christopher Nichols ' children.

Francis Drake was born in Tavistock, Devon, in February or March 1544 at the earliest, when his namesake godfather Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford was age 17.

Francis II () ( 12 February 1768 – 2 March 1835 ) was the last Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until 6 August 1806, when he dissolved the Holy Roman Empire after the disastrous defeat of the Third Coalition by Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz.

* His Royal Highness Archduke Francis of Austria ( 12 February 1768 – 1 March 1792 )

The Eagle in Cambridge is where Francis Crick interrupted patrons ' lunchtime on 28 February 1953 to announce that he and James Watson had " discovered the secret of life " after they had come up with their proposal for the structure of DNA.

# Samuel Philips Lee ( February 13, 1812 – June 5, 1897 ); Rear Admiral ; married Elizabeth Blair, daughter of Francis Preston Blair

* Francis Alexander Anglin ( as Chief Justice, 16 September 1924 – 28 February 1933 ; appointed a Puisne Justice under Prime Minister Laurier, 23 February 1909 )

* February 22 – George Francis FitzGerald, Irish mathematician ( born 1851 )

* February 13 – Italian unification: The Siege of Gaeta, last stronghold of the Neapolitan King Francis II, is ended by Piedmontese forces.

* February 27 – Francis II, Duke of Lorraine ( d. 1632 )

* February 1 – Philip Francis Nowlan, science fiction writer, creator of Buck Rogers ( b. 1888 )

* February 23 – Mary Francis Shura, American writer ( d. 1991 )

* February 13 – Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke become the first Europeans to discover Lake Tanganyika.

* February 16 – Sir Francis Galton, English explorer and biologist ( d. 1911 )

* February 2 – Francis Marion Smith, American borax magnate ( d. 1931 )

* February 22 – Francis Atterbury, English bishop and man of letters ( b. 1663 )

* February 12 – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor ( d. 1835 )

* February 12 – Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor marries Maria Theresa of Austria, ruler of the Habsburg Empire.

* February 17 – Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician ( d. 1563 )

* February 18 – Francis, Duke of Guise is assassinated while besieging Orléans.

* February 24 – Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician ( shot ) ( b. 1519 )