ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 31st of December
JOHN AND DIDACUS, MARTYRS OF GENEVA
John (Juan), commemorated on December 31 and March 24, and Didacus (Diego) were Franciscans who, holding the crucifix in their hands, preached to the Calvinists in Geneva. They were stoned to death for this in 1601 by an angry mob. Originally from Spain, they had been on a journey to Rome. (Hub. Men.)
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 3, Augsburg, 1869, p. 416
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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