Archive for December 24, 2018
St. Sabino of Spoleto
Born: 3rd century AD Died: c. 300 AD Spoletium, Roman Umbria (modern-day Spoleto, Umbria, Italy) Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Canonized: Pre-Congregation Feast: 7 December Saint Sabinus of Spoleto (died c. 300) was a Bishop in the Christian church who resisted the persecutions of Diocletian and was martyred. According to legend, Venustian, governor of Etruria […]
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St. Ambrose of Milan
Born: c. 337-340 Augusta Treverorum, Gallia Belgica, Roman Empire (modern Trier, Germany) Died: 4 April 397 (aged 56 or 57) Mediolanum, Roman Italy, Roman Empire (modern Milan, Italy) Sainthood Feast day: December 7 Venerated: in Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy Anglican Communion Lutheranism Patronage: Bee keepers; bees; bishops; candle makers; domestic animals; French Commissariat; geese; […]
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St. Dionysia
In the year 484, the Arian King, Huneric, banished the Catholic bishops from their African Sees, and began a violent persecution of orthodox Christians, many of whom were put to death. Dionysia, a woman remarkable for beauty, zeal and piety, was scourged in the forum till her body was covered with blood. Seeing Majoricus, her […]
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St. Abraham of Kratia
Born: c. 474 Emesa, Syria Died: c. 558 Palestine Venerated: in Christian Church Feast: December 6 Abraham of Kratia (c. 474 – c. 558) was a Christian monk from Emesa (now Homs) Byzantine Syria. He is recognized as a saint in the Christian church, with a feast day of December 6. He was born at […]
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Bl. Peter Paschal
Born: 1227 at Valencia, Spain Died: beheaded on 6 December 1300 at Granada, Spain Beatified: 14 August 1670 by Pope Clement X Received his doctorate from the University of Paris, France. Joined the Mercedarians in 1250. Priest. Tutor to Don Sancho, son of the king of Aragon (part of modern Spain), in 1253. Bishop of […]
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St. Nicholas of Myra
Born: Traditionally 15 March 270 Patara, Roman Empire Died: Traditionally 6 December 343 (aged 73) Myra, Roman Empire Venerated: in Anglicanism, Baptist, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, Lutheranism, Methodism, Reformed Major shrine: Basilica di San Nicola, Bari, Italy Feast: 19 December [O.S. 6 December] (main feast day – Saint Nicholas Day) 22 May [O.S. 9 […]
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Bl. Niels Stenson
Birth name: Niels Steensen Born: 1 January 1638 [NS: 11 January 1638] Copenhagen, Denmark-Norway Died: 25 November 1686 (aged 48) [NS: 5 December 1686] Schwerin, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Buried: Basilica of San Lorenzo, Italy Nationality: Danish Denomination Roman Catholic Parents, father: Steen Pedersen Mother: Anne Nielsdatter Occupation: Scientist: anatomy, paleontology, stratigraphy, geology Clergyman: Counter-Reformation in […]
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Bl. Philip Rinaldi
Born: 28 May 1856 Lu Monferrato, Alessandria, Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia Died: 2 July 1931 (aged 75) Turin, Kingdom of Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 29 April 1990, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Feast: 5 December Patronage: Wrocław Blessed Filippo Rinaldi (28 May 1856 – 29 April 1931) was […]
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St. Sabbas of Mar Saba
Born: 439 at Motalala, Cappadocia Died: 532 of natural causes, relics enshrined in Venice, Italy Spiritual student of Saint Euthymius the Great at age 20. Anchorite from age 30, living in a cave, devoting himself to prayer and manual labor. He wove ten willow baskets each day. On Saturday he would take them to the […]
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St. Osmund
Born: Seez, Normandy Died: 3 or 4 December 1099 Salisbury Sainthood Feast day: 16 July, 4 December Venerated: in Catholic Church Canonized: 1 January 1457 by Pope Callixtus III Patronage: insanity; mental illness; mentally ill people; paralysed people; paralysis; ruptures; toothache St. Osmund (died 3 December 1099), Count of Sées, was a Norman noble and clergyman. […]
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