FEAST OF SAINT THOMAS BECKET, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, MARTYR FEAST DAY – 29th DECEMBER Thomas Becket, was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in […]
FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS, MARTYRS FEAST DAY – 28th DECEMBER Feast of the Holy Innocents, also called Childermas or Innocents’ Day, is a Christian feast in remembrance of […]
FEAST OF SAINT STEPHEN, FIRST MARTYR. FEAST DAY – 26th DECEMBER Stephen, (c. 5 – c. 34 AD) traditionally venerated as the first martyr of Christianity, […]
FEAST OF SAINTS IRMINA AND ADELE, ABBESSES FEAST DAY – 24th DECEMBER Saint Irmina or Irma was a Benedictine abbess and patroness of St. Willibrord. The […]
FEAST OF SAINTS GATIANUS AND WINEBALD FEAST DAY – 18th DECEMBER SAINT GATIANUS OF TOURS Gatianus, in the third century AD, was the founding bishop of […]
FEAST OF SAINT OLYMPIAS THE DEACONESS FEAST DAY – 17th DECEMBER Olympias was the daughter born to the Antiochian Greek noblewoman, Alexandra and the wealthy Greek […]
FEAST OF SAINT ADELAIDE OF BURGUNDY FEAST DAY – 16th DECEMBER The daughter of Rudolf II, king of Burgundy, and Bertha of Swabia, Adelaide, (born c. […]
FEAST OF SAINT LUCY OF SYRACUSE FEAST DAY – 13th DECEMBER St. Lucy, Italian Santa Lucia, (died 304, Syracuse, Sicily; feast day December 13), virgin and […]
FEAST OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE FEAST DAY – 12th DECEMBER Our Lady of Guadalupe, also called the Virgin of Guadalupe, in Roman Catholicism, the Virgin […]
FEAST OF SAINT JUAN DIEGO FEAST DAY – 9th DECEMBER Juan Diego, (1474–1548), a Chichimec peasant and Marian visionary, is said to have been granted apparitions […]