Foley (1919–2000). More recent evangelical hymn/song writers have included Stuart Townend (born 1963), Keith Getty (born 1974) and his wife Kristyn Getty (born 1980). Other modern hymn writers include French-American Lucien Deiss (1921–2007) and Australian duo James McAuley (1917–76) and Richard Connolly (born 1927). In the 21st century, Lu Xiaomin composed over 1,800 songs of praise for Chinese house churches, called the Canaan Hymns. Hymn writers who have been canonised This list is incomplete. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Catholic (Eastern Catholic and Western Catholic) Saint Ephrem the Syrian (28 January) Saint Hierotheos the Thesmothete (4 October) Saint Cosmas the Melodist (14 October) Saint Romanos the Melodist (1 October) Saint Joseph the Hymnographer (14 June) Saint Kassiana the Hymnographer (7 September) Saint John of Damascus (4 December) Saint Stephen the Sabaite (nephew of John of Damascus, feastday 28 October) Saint Theodulph of Orleans (18 December) Saint Hildegard of Bingen (17 September) Saint Thomas Aquinas (28 January [or 7 March]) Saint Robert Southwell (21 February) Saint Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori (1 August) Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman (9 October) Lutheran Philipp Nicolai (26 October) Johann Heermann (26 October) Paul Gerhardt (26 October) Anglican John Mason Neale (7 August) See also List of women hymn writers References External links Hymns Occupations in music Songwriters