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Saints of 3 December

36 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 3 December, with short facts.

Saints (28)

  • St. Francis Xavier Born: 7 April 1506 at Javier, Spanish Navarre as Francisco de Jaso y Azpilicueta. Died: 2 December 1552 at Sancian, China. Canonized: 12 March 1622 by Pope Gregory XV. Also called Apostle to the Far East, Francisco de Jaso y Azpilicueta, and Franciscus de Xabier.
  • St. Abbo of Auxerre Died: c.860.
  • St. Abran Born: Irish.
  • St. Agapius
  • St. Agricola of Pannonia Died: in Pannonia (in modern Hungary).
  • St. Anthemius Died: martyred by Spanish Saracens.
  • St. Attalia Born: c.697. Died: 741. Also called Attala.
  • St. Birinus of Dorchester Born: c.600. Died: 3 December 650 at Dorchester, England. Also called Birinus of Genoa, Apostle of Wessex, and Berin, Birin, Birch.
  • St. Cassian of Tangiers Died: 298 in Tangiers (in modern Morocco). Patronage: stenographers.
  • St. Claudius of Africa
  • St. Claudius the Martyr Died: drowned in 283 at Rome, Italy.
  • St. Crispin of Africa Also called Crispinus.
  • St. Eloque Died: 666. Also called Eloquius.
  • St. Emma of Bremen Born: c.977. Died: 3 December 1038. Canonized: never formally canonized. Also called Emma of Lesum, Emma of Stiepel, and Hemma, Imma.
  • St. Ethernan Born: Scotland.
  • St. Hilaria the Martyr Died: died in prison in 283 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Jason the Martyr Died: drowned in 283 at Rome, Italy.
  • St. John of Africa
  • St. Lucius Died: c.200 of natural events. Patronage: Chur, Switzerland, city of, Chur, Switzerland, diocese of, and Liechtenstein.
  • St. Lucy the Chaste Born: French. Died: 1420 in Spain.
  • St. Magina of Africa
  • St. Mamas
  • St. Maurus the Martyr Died: drowned in 283 at Rome, Italy.
  • St. Seleucus
  • St. Stephen of Africa
  • St. Theodore of Alexandria Died: beheaded c.609 in Alexandria, Egypt.
  • St. Theodulus of Edessa Died: 440 near Edessa, Syria.
  • St. Veranus Died: 8th century Ireland.

Blessed (5)

  • Blessed Bernard of Toulouse Died: tortured and sawn in half in 1320 by Albigensians.
  • Blessed Edward Coleman Born: Suffolk, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
  • Blessed Jan Franciszek Macha Born: 18 January 1914 in Chrozów, Poland. Died: guillotined at 12.15am on 3 December 1942 in Katowice, Poland. Beatified: 20 November 2021 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer Born: 15 April 1777 at Bolzano. Died: 3 December 1860 at Trent, Italy. Beatified: 29 April 1995 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim and John Nepomuk von Tschiderer.
  • Blessed Ladislao Bukowinski Born: 22 December 1904 in Berdychiv, Zhytomyr, Ukraine. Died: 3 December 1974 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Beatified: 11 September 2016 by Pope Francis. Also called Vladislav Bukovinskij and Wladyslaw Bukowinski.

Martyr groups (2)

  • Martyred in the Spanish Civil War Also kept on 6 April, 20 May, 22 May, 25 July, and 92 other days in some calendars.
  • Martyrs of Nicomedia Died: c.303 in Nicomedia, Bithynia (modern Izmit, Turkey).

Other (1)

  • Zephaniah the Prophet Born: 7th century BC Jerusalem. Died: late 7th century BC. Also called Sofonia.

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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