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Saints of 4 December

29 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 4 December, with short facts.

Saints (23)

  • St. Barbara Died: beheaded by her father c.235 at Nicomedia. Also called Barbe.
  • St. John of Damascus Born: 676 at Damascus, Syria. Died: 749. Patronage: pharmacists, icon painting, and theology students. Also called Doctor of Christian Art, Jean Damascene, Johannes Damascenus, John Chrysorrhoas ("golden-stream"), and John of Damascus.
  • St. Ada of Le Mans Died: 7th century. Patronage: nuns. Also called Ada of Soissons and Ada of St-Julien.
  • St. Adelmann of Beauvais Died: 846 in Beauvais, France. Also called Adalmann, Hildeman.
  • St. Anno II Born: c.1010. Died: 4 December 1075 in Siegburg, Germany. Canonized: 1183 by Pope Lucius III. Patronage: Siegburg, Germany. Also called Anno of Cologne and Annan, Annon, Hanno.
  • St. Apro Died: 7th century Lyons, Gaul (modern France). Also called Apri.
  • St. Bernardo degli Uberti Born: at Florence, Italy. Died: 4 December 1133 in Parma, Italy.
  • St. Bertoara Died: 614 at Notre-Dame-de Sales, Bourges, France.
  • St. Christianus
  • St. Clement of Alexandria Died: 217. Also called Titus Flavius Clemens.
  • St. Cyran of Brenne
  • St. Eraclius
  • St. Felix of Bologna Died: 429.
  • St. Giovanni Calabria Born: 8 October 1873 at Verona, Italy. Died: 4 December 1954 at San Zeno, Italy. Canonized: 18 April 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Saint Peter's Square, Rome, Italy. Also called John Calabria and Johannes Calabria.
  • St. Heraclas of Alexandria Born: Egyptian. Died: c.247.
  • St. John the Wonder Worker Died: c.750. Also called John Thaumaturgus.
  • St. Maruthas Died: c.415. Patronage: Iran, Persia. Also called Apostle of Iran, Apostle of Persia, and Maruf.
  • St. Melitus of Pontus Died: c.295. Also called Meletus, Meletius.
  • St. Osmund Born: at Seez, Normandy, France. Died: 4 December 1099 at Salisbury, England. Canonized: 1456 by Pope Callistus III. Patronage: against insanity or mental illness, against paralysis, against ruptures, against toothache, and paralysed people. Also called Edimund, Edmund, Osimund.
  • St. Prudens
  • St. Sigiranus Died: c.655. Also called Cyran, Sigiramnus, Sigirannus, Sigram, Siran.
  • St. Sola Born: 8th century England. Died: 3 December 794 at the abbey of Solnhofen, Germany. Also called Sualo, Solo, Solus.
  • St. Theophanes Died: tortured to death in 815.

Blessed (5)

  • Blessed Adolph Kolping Born: 8 December 1813 at Kerpend, Germany. Died: 4 December 1865 at Cologne, Germany. Beatified: 27 October 1991 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy. Also called Father of All Apprentices and Apostle of Working Men.
  • Blessed Francis Galvez Born: at Utiel, New Castile, Spain. Died: burned to death on 4 December 1623 in Edo (modern Tokyo), Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX. Also called Francisco Gálvez Iranzo.
  • Blessed Jerome de Angelis Born: 1568 in Enna, Sicily, Italy. Died: burned to death on 4 December 1623 in Edo (modern Tokyo), Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX. Also called Geronimo, Girolamo.
  • Blessed Pietro Tecelano Born: c.1200 at Campi, Tuscany, Italy. Died: early December 1289 in Siena, Italy. Beatified: 18 August 1802 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmation). Also called Pietro Pettinaio and Peter, Pier.
  • Blessed Simon Yempo Born: c.1580 in Nozu, Japan. Died: burned to death on 4 December 1623 in Edo (modern Tokyo), Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX. Also called Simon Enpo.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyred in the Spanish Civil War Also kept on 6 April, 20 May, 22 May, 25 July, and 92 other days in some calendars.

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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