ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 29th of December WELCOME! ISHAI Ishai (Jischai] is the Hebrew name for Jesse , the father of King David . (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 3, Augsburg, 1869, p. 168) 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