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Saints of 1 December

54 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 1 December, with short facts.

Saints (38)

  • St. Edmund Campion Born: 24 January 1540 at London, England. Died: hanged. Canonized: May 1970 by Pope Paul VI. Also called Edmundus Campion and The Pope's Champion.
  • St. Agericus of Verdun Born: c.521 at Verdun, France in a field. Died: 588 in Verdun, France. Also called Aguy, Airy, Algeric.
  • St. Agnofleta Born: French. Also called Nofleta.
  • St. Alexander Briant Born: 1556 at Somersetshire, England. Died: hanged. Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI.
  • St. Ambon of Rome Died: Rome, Italy.
  • St. Ananias of Arbela
  • St. Ansanus the Baptizer Died: beheaded in 304 on the road outside Siena, Italy. Patronage: Siena, Italy. Also called Ansanus of Siena, Apostle of Siena, and Amsanus, Ampsanus, Anisanus, Ansano, Sano.
  • St. Candida of Rome Died: Rome, Italy.
  • St. Candres of Maastricht
  • St. Cassian of Rome
  • St. Castritian of Milan Died: 137. Also called Castritien and Profil.
  • St. Charles de Foucauld Born: 15 September 1858 in Strasbourg, France as Charles Eugenie de Foucauld. Died: shot on 1 December 1916 at Tamanrasset, Algeria. Beatified: 13 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI. Canonized: 15 May 2022 by Pope Francises. Also called Brother Charles of Jesus and Brother Marie-Alberic.
  • St. Constantine of Javron Born: in Auvergne, France. Died: 570. Also called Constantian of Javron.
  • St. Declan
  • St. Didorus Born: Roman citizen. Died: 283 in the catacombs in Rome, Italy. Also called Diodorus.
  • St. Domnolus of Le Mans Died: 581 in Le Mans, France. Also called Domnole.
  • St. Eligius Born: 588 at Catelat. Died: 1 December 660 at Noyon, France.
  • St. Evasius of Asti Born: Benevento, Italy. Died: c.362 at Casale Monferrato, Italy. Patronage: Bizzarone, Italy, Casale Monferrato, Italy, Pedrengo, Italy, and Rocchetta Palafea, Italy.
  • St. Filatus of Rome Died: Rome, Italy. Also called Philatus.
  • St. Florence of Poitiers Died: c.365 in Poitiers, France.
  • St. Florentius
  • St. Grwst
  • St. Jabinus of Rome Died: Rome, Italy.
  • St. Latinus of Rome Died: Rome, Italy.
  • St. Leontius of Fréjus Died: c.432 in Fréjus, Provence (in modern France).
  • St. Lucius of Rome Died: Rome, Italy.
  • St. Marianus Born: Roman citizen. Died: 283 in the catacombs in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Marina of Rome Died: Rome, Italy.
  • St. Martinus
  • St. Natalia of Nicomedia Born: 3rd century. Died: 1 December 311 at Argyropolis.
  • St. Olympiades Died: tortured to death in 303 at Amelia, Umbria, Italy. Also called Olympias.
  • St. Proculus of Narni Died: c.542.
  • St. Ralph Sherwin Born: c.1550 at Rodsley, Derbyshire, England. Died: hanged. Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI.
  • St. Resignatus of Maastricht Born: Netherlands. Died: 465. Also called Renato, Renatus.
  • St. Rogatus of Rome Died: Rome, Italy.
  • St. Simon of Cyrene Died: crucified c.100. Also called Simon the Cyrenian.
  • St. Superatus of Rome Died: Rome, Italy.
  • St. Ursicinus of Brescia Died: 347 at Brescia, Italy.

Blessed (9)

  • Blessed Alphonsine Anuarite Nengapeta Born: 1941 in Wamba, Orientale, Democratic Republic of Congo. Died: beaten to death on 1 December 1964 in Isiro, Orientale, Democratic Republic of Congo. Beatified: 15 August 1985 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Sister Marie Clementine.
  • Blessed Antony Bonfadini Born: 1400 at Ferrara, Italy. Died: 1482 at Cotignola. Beatified: 1901 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed).
  • Blessed Bruna Pellesi Born: 11 November 1917 in Morano di Prignano sulla Secchia, Modena, Italy as Bruna Pellesi. Died: 1 December 1972 in Sassuolo, Reggio Emilia, Italy. Beatified: 29 April 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Sister Maria Rosa of Jesus.
  • Blessed Christian of Perugia
  • Blessed John Beche Born: English. Died: hanged. Beatified: 13 May 1895 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed). Also called Thomas Marshall.
  • Blessed Kazimierz Tomasz Sykulski Born: 29 December 1882 in Konskie, Swietokrzyskie, Poland. Died: shot on 11 December 1942 in Oswiecim (Auschwitz), Malopolskie, Nazi-occupied Poland. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Liduina Meneguzzi Born: 12 September 1901 in Abano Terme, Padua, Italy as Elisa Angela Meneguzzi. Died: 2 December 1941. Beatified: 20 October 2002 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Ecumenical Flame, Elisa Angela Meneguzzi, Sister Gudda (Ethiopian nickname), Gudda, and Sister Liduina.
  • Blessed Maria Clara of the Child Jesus Born: 15 June 1843 in Amadora, Lisbon, Portugal. Died: 1 December 1899 in Lisbon, Portugal. Beatified: 21 May 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Maria Clara do Menino Jesus and Mother Clara.
  • Blessed Richard Langley Born: Ousethorpe, Yorkshire, England. Died: hanged on 1 December 1586 at York, England. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Oxford University

Other (6)

  • Anthony the Younger
  • Arnold of Cologne
  • Blanche of Castile
  • Giovanni Gueruli da Verucchio
  • Girolamo de Pratis
  • Nahum the Prophet Died: c.660 BC.

This list combines the Vatican News “Saint of the day” pages with a long-form calendar of saints, blessed, and feasts (credited on our Resources page). Calendars differ, so a note marks each place the sources disagree. This is not the General Roman Calendar. Resources · Sources & method

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