ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 18th of December
OLIVER, RELIGIOUS AND MARTYR
Oliver (Oliverius), of the Order of Saint Francis died in Normandy in A.D. 1568 as a martyr for the Catholic faith. His being killed for being a Catholic Christian involved various heinous torments, which he endured with great steadfastness, despite being an old man of seventy. (Seraph. Mart.)
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 619)
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org
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