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Saints of 5 December

29 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 5 December, with short facts.

Saints (22)

  • St. Abercius
  • St. Anastasius
  • St. Aper of Sens Born: Sens, France. Also called Apre, Aprus, Avre, Epvre, Evre.
  • St. Basilissa of Øhren
  • St. Bassus of Lucera Born: c.45. Died: 118. Patronage: Termoli, Italy. Also called Basso of Lucera.
  • St. Bassus of Nice Died: nailed by two large metal brads to a board c.250. Patronage: Cupra Marittima, Italy and diocese of Nice, France. Also called Basse, Basso.
  • St. Cawrdaf Born: Welsh. Died: 6th century. Also called Caurdave.
  • St. Christina of Markyate Born: c.1097 at Huntingdon, England. Died: c.1160 at Markyate, Hertfordshire, England. Also called Christina of Markgate, Christina Theodora, and Kristina of Markyate.
  • St. Consolata of Genoa Born: near the Sea of Galilee.
  • St. Crispina Born: 3rd century at Thagara (Tagora; Thacora), Numidia, North Africa (modern Tunisia). Died: beheaded in 304 at Thebeste, Numidia, North Africa (modern Tunisia).
  • St. Cyrinus of Salerno Also called Cirino.
  • St. Dalmatius of Pavia Born: at Monza, Lombardy, Italy. Died: 304. Patronage: Cogliate, Italy. Also called Dalmazio, Dalmazzo.
  • St. Firminus of Verdun
  • St. Gerald of Braga Born: at Cahors, Gascony (in modern France). Died: 5 December 1109 at Bornos, Portugal. Patronage: Braga, Portugal. Also called Gérald de Moissac.
  • St. Gerbold of Bayeux Died: c.690. Patronage: against dysentery and against headaches. Also called Gereboldus.
  • St. Gratus Died: 302 at Thagura, Numidia, North Africa.
  • St. John Almond Born: c.1577 at Allerton, Lancashire, England. Died: hanged. Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI.
  • St. Justinian Born: 6th century Brittany (part of modern France). Died: murdered by servants. Also called Iestin, Jestin.
  • St. Lucidus of Aquara Died: c.938. Patronage: Aquara, Italy. Also called Lucido.
  • St. Martiniano of Pecco Patronage: Pecco, Italy.
  • St. Pelinus of Confinium Died: beaten to death by pagan priests in 361 in Confinium, Italy. Canonized: 668 by Bishop Ciprio of Brindisi. Also called Pelinus of Brindisi and Pelino.
  • St. Sabbas of Mar Saba Born: 439 at Motalala, Cappadocia. Died: 532. Also called Sabbas the Sanctified, Sabbas the Great, and Sabas, Sava.

Blessed (5)

  • Blessed Bartholomew Fanti of Mantua Born: at Mantua, Italy. Died: 1495. Beatified: 1909 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed).
  • Blessed Giovanni Gradenigo Born: Venice, Italy. Died: 1025 at Monte Cassino, Italy.
  • Blessed Jean-Baptiste Fouque Born: 12 September 1851 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Died: 5 December 1926 at the Saint John Hospital in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Beatified: 30 September 2018 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Niels Stenson Born: 11 January 1638 in Rundetarn, Copenhagen, Denmark. Died: 5 December 1686 in Schwerin, Germany. Beatified: 23 October 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Niels Steensen, Nicolaus Steno, and Father of Geology.
  • Blessed Philip Rinaldi Born: 28 May 1856 at Lu, Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy. Died: 5 December 1931. Beatified: 29 April 1990 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Filippo Rinaldi and Philippi Rinaldi.

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 Thagura Died: 302 in Thagura, Numidia.

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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