December Feast Days

Month of the Divine Infancy

Advent Begins December 1

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Day	Saint Name	Patron/ess of	Country	Calendar
Dec 1	Abram J. Ryan, Fr. 1838-1886	---	USA
Dec 1	St. Edmond Campion 1540-1581	Press	England	H
Dec 1	St. Eligius 588-661	Metalworkers, Jewelers	France	H
Dec 1	Ven. Leo Papin Dupont 1797-1876	---	France
Dec 2	St. Bibiana c. 300	Single Women	Rome	T
Dec 3	St. Emma of Lesum ?-1038	Roman Catholic Diocese of Gurk	Germany
Dec 3	St. Francis Xavier  1506-1552	Foreign Missions	France	NT
Dec 4	St. Barbara ? -235	Architects	Greece	T
Dec 4	St. John Damascene 676-749	---	Damascus	N
Dec 4	St. Peter Chrysologus 450	---	Italy	T
Dec 5	St. Sabbas 532	---	Cappadocia	T
Dec 5	St. Gerald 1109	---	Spain	H
Dec 6	St. Nicholas ?- 343	Children, Pawnbrokers, mariners, Russia	Asia Minor, modern day Turkey	NT
Dec 7	St. Ambrose 340-397	Candlemakers	Rome (Milan)	NT
Dec 8	Immaculate Conception, Feast of	USA	Nazareth	T
Dec 9	Ven. Fulton J. Sheen 1895-1979		USA
Dec 9	St. Juan Diego 1474-1548	Indigenous People	Mexico (Guadalupe)	N
Dec 9	St. Leocadia 304	Toledo, Spain	Spain	H
Dec 10	St. Melchiades 304	Cave Explorers	Rome	T
Dec 10	Our Lady of Loretto 1291	Aviators	Italy	H
Dec 10	St. Romaric 653	---	Austrasia (Frankish)	H
Dec 11	Pope St. Damascus 384	---	Italy (Rome)	NT
Dec 11	Our Lady, Queen of Angels 1212	---	Paris	H
Dec 12	Our Lady of Guadalupe 1531	Americas, the Unborn	Mexico (Guadalupe)	NT
Dec 13	St. Lucy ?-304	Blind, Italy, Syracuse	Italy (Sicily)	NT
Dec 13	St. Odilia 720	Alsace, against blindess	Alsace	H
Dec 14	St. John of the Cross 1591	Contemplatives, Mystics, Spanish poets	Spain (Avila)	N
Dec 14	Sts Nicasius  & Eutropia, his sister c 400	Small pox victims	France (Rheims)	H
Dec 14	St. Venantius Fortunatus 605	Eye ailments	France	H
Dec 15	St. Christiana/Nino 296-335	Millers, people with mental disorders, mental health workers	Georgia (Russia)	H
Dec 16	St. Eusebius of Vercelli 371	Vercelli	Vercelli	T
Dec 16	St. Adelaide 931-999	---	Italy	T
Dec 16	Sts. Ananias, Azarius, & Misael 7th C BC Babylonian names were Sidrach, Abdenago and Misach	---	Judah	H
Dec 17	St. Olympian c 410	---	Nicomedia	H
Dec 17	St. Lazarus 1st century	Lepers and against Leprosy	Bethany (near Jerusalem)	H
Dec 18	St. Gatian 3rd century	---	Tours	H
Dec 19	St. Urban V  1310-1390	Architects, Educators Benedictines, Missionaries	France	H
Dec 20	St. Dominic of Silos 1073	Captives	Spain	H
Dec 20	St. Abraham, Isaac & Jacob Old Testament Patriarchs	---	Mesopotamia	H
Dec 21	St. Thomas, the Apostle	architects; blind people; construction workers; theologians; and against doubt.	Galilee (Roman Empire)	T
Dec 21	St. Peter Canisius 1521-1597		Holland	N
Dec 22	St. Frances Cabrini 1850-1917	Immigrants	USA (Chicago)	T
Dec 22	Sts. Chaeremon & Ischyrion 3rd century, martyrs	---	Egypt	H
Dec 23	St. John of Kanty 1473	Poland	Poland	N
Dec 23	St. Yvo of Chartres 1115	Canonists	France	H
Dec 23	St. Servulus, beggar 590	People with Disabilities, especially Cerebral Palsy	Rome	H
Dec 24	Sts. Adam & Eve	---	Eden	H
Dec 25	Christmas/Nativity of the Lord -First Day of Christmas	---	Bethlehem	NT
Dec 25	St. Anastasia, martyr 304	martyrs; weavers; widows; those suffering from poison	Rome	T
Dec 26	St. Stephen ?-36 -Second Day of Christmas	Stonemasons	Jerusalem (Roman Empire)	NT
Dec 27	St. John the Apostle & Evangelist 99 -Third Day of Christmas	Love, Loyalty, Friendships, Authors	Galilee (Roman Empire)	NT
Dec 28	Holy Innocents ?-about 1AD -Fourth Day of Christmas	Babies	Bethlehem, vicinity of	NT
Dec 29	St. Thomas Becket 1118-1170 -Fifth Day of Christmas	Exeter College, Oxford; Portsmouth; Arbroath Abbey; secular clergy; City of London	England (London)	NT
Dec 30	St. Anysius 410 -Sixth Day of Christmas	Those suffering from AIDS and their caregivers, sufferers of pestilence, young students	Thessalonica	H
Dec 30	St. Sabinus, martyr 303 -Seventh Day of Christmas	Bari, Sienna	Italy	H
Dec 31	St. Sylvester I, Pope 335 -Eighth Day of Christmas	Feroleto Antico, Sylvestrine, Benedictines, Nonantola	Rome	NT

Calendar:
H - Historical
N-New
T - Traditional