Saints
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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St. John Damascene
Born: c. 675 or 676 Damascus, Bilad al-Sham, Umayyad Caliphate Died: 4 December 749 Mar Saba, Jerusalem, Bilad al-Sham, Umayyad Caliphate Canonized: Pre-congregation by Eastern Orthodox Church Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion Commemorated in Lutheranism Feast: December 4 March 27 (General Roman Calendar 1890–1969) Saint John of […]
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St. Barbara
Born: mid third century Died: late third century to early fourth century (executed by her father) Variously given Venerated: in Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy Aglipayan Church Anglicanism Feast: 4 December (Catholic Church) and (Eastern Orthodox Church) 8 Koiak (Coptic Orthodox Church) Saint Barbara known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great […]
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Bl. Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer
Born: 15 April 1777 at Bolzano, diocese of Trent, Italy Died: 3 December 1860 at Trent, Italy of natural causes Beatified: 29 April 1995 by Pope John Paul II• beatification miracles include the healing of blindness of a 4-year-old in 1867, and the 1871 cure of a young priest who was on his death-bed with […]
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Bl. Ladislao Bukowinski
Born: 22 December 1904, Berdychiv, Zhytomyr, Ukraine Died: 3 December 1974 (aged 69)Karaganda, Kazakhstan Resting place Cathedral of Our Lady of Fátima, Karaganda, Kazakhstan Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 11 September 2016, Cathedral of Our Lady of Fátima, Karaganda, Kazakhstan by Cardinal Angelo Amato Feast: 20 June Blessed Władysław Bukowiński (22 December 1904 – […]
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St. Francis Xavier
Born: 7 April 1506 Javier, Kingdom of Navarre Died: 3 December 1552 (aged 46) Portuguese Base at São João Island Venerated: in Catholic Church, Lutheran Church, Anglican Communion Beatified: 25 October 1619 by Pope Paul V Canonized: 12 March 1622 by Pope Gregory XV Feast: 3 December Patronage: African missions; Agartala, India; Ahmedabad, India; Alexandria, […]
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