Monthly Saints Calendar by St Peter Canisius

Monthly Saints Calendar by St Peter Canisius - December

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER

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SAINTS CALENDAR ACCORDING TO ST PETER CANISIUS - THE MONTH OF DECEMBER

Saint Peter Canisius

➡️ Introduction to this Saints Calendar

The month of December has 31 days.

1 December: Eligius, Bishop of Noyon, in the year 659.

2 December: Peter Chrysologus, Bishop of Ravenna, c. 450.

3 December: Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, in the year 1552.

4 December: Barbara, Virgin and Martyr, c. 240.

5 December: Crispina, Martyr at Thebaste in Africa.

6 December: Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c. 327.

7 December: Ambrose, Bishop of Milan and Doctor of the Church, in the year 397.

8 December: The Immaculate Conception of Mary.

9 December: Leocadia, Virgin and Martyr at Toledo in Spain, c. 304.

10 December: Melchiades, the 33rd Pope and Martyr, in the year 314.

11 December: Damasus, the 39th Pope, in the year 384.

12 December: Epimachus and his companions, c. 250.

13 December: Lucy, Virgin and Martyr in Sicily, c. 304; Odilia, Virgin and Abbess in Alsace, 7th century.

14 December: Spyridon, Bishop of Tremithus in Cyprus, c. 349.

15 December: Christiana, handmaid among the Iberians, 4th century.

16 December: Eusebius, Bishop of Vercelli, c. 370, and Adelaide, Empress.

17 December: Lazarus, Bishop of Marseille.

18 December: Wunibald, Abbot in the Diocese of Eichstätt, in the year 750.

19 December: Nemesius, Martyr in Alexandria, and Timothy, Martyr, c. 305.

20 December: Philogonius, Bishop of Antioch (d. 323), and Thecla, virgin, in the East.

21 December: Thomas the Apostle (1st century).

22 December: Flavian, martyr (c. 363), and Ischyrion, martyr (3rd century).

23 December: Victoria, virgin and martyr in Rome, under Emperor Decius.

24 December: Adam and Eve, our first parents.

25 December: Birth of Christ the Saviour.

26 December: Stephen, the first martyr.

27 December: John, Apostle and Evangelist.

28 December: The Holy Innocents, martyrs.

29 December: Thomas, Bishop of Canterbury (England) and martyr (d. 1170).

30 December: David, King and Prophet (1000 B.C.).

31 December: Sylvester, the 34th Pope (d. 335).

*In this month, we celebrate the Advent of Christ the Lord - that is, the coming of the divine Saviour. This celebration serves as a festive prelude to holy Christmas Day, the beginning and source of our salvation; for this reason, the Church of God begins its liturgical year with Advent. Solemn wedding celebrations are prohibited from the eve of the First Sunday of Advent until the Feast of the Three Kings (Epiphany). The Ember Days also fall in this month; the prescribed fast days are the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday following the Feast of Saint Lucy. One is also obliged to fast on Christmas Eve. Following Christmas Day, the only feast currently observed in a special way is that of the holy Arch-martyr Stephen; the Feast of Saint John and the Feast of the Holy Innocents are no longer celebrated as grand as they were in times past.

Whoever wishes to read in more detail about the ecclesiastical or liturgical year - about all holy seasons and feast days, and the significance of their observance - and to be thoroughly instructed therein, should read the fourth volume of "The Complete Catholic Doctrine in Its Interconnected Context".

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ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 30th of May WELCOME! BLESSED LUKE KIRBY, PRIEST AND MARTYR 16th century houses, painted by Auguste Mayer He was born in the bishopric of Durham, according to Raissius ; others say at Richmond, in Yorkshire. He was master of arts in one of our universities; but going abroad to Douay, in Flanders, was received into the English college there, 1576, and made priest in 1577; and the year following sent upon the mission. Where he had not been long before he again went abroad, and travelled to Rome, partly for devotion, and partly for further improvement in learning. Here he remained in the English college till 1580, when he returned into England, and was not long after apprehended: for I find by a printed diary of things transacted in the Tower of London from 1580 till 1585, that on the 5th of December, 1580, Luke Kirby, Thomas Cottam , and other priests, were brought to the Tower from other prisons; and that these two, on the 10th...

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