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Saints of 7 December

21 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 7 December, with short facts.

Saints (20)

  • St. Ambrose of Milan Born: c.340 in Trier. Died: Holy Saturday, 4 April 397 at Milan, Italy. Patronage: bee keepers, bees, bishops, candle makers, chandlers, domestic animals, French Commissariat, geese, and others. Also called The Honey Tongued Doctor.
  • St. Agatho of Alexandria Died: martyred in 250 in Alexandria, Egypt.
  • St. Anianas of Chartres Also called Agnan of Chartres.
  • St. Antonius of Siya Born: Archangel, Russia. Died: 1556.
  • St. Athenodorus of Mesopotamia Died: sentenced to be burned at the stake in 304 in Mesopotamia. Also called Athenodoros.
  • St. Buithe of Monasterboice Born: Scotland. Died: 521. Also called Buithe mac Bronach and Boethius, Buite.
  • St. Burgundofara Born: 595 in Burgundy, France. Died: 643 or 655 or 657 near Meaux, France (records vary). Patronage: Faremoutiers, France. Also called Burgondophora, Fare, Fara.
  • St. Charles Garnier Born: 1606 in Paris, France. Died: shot in the chest and abdomen. Canonized: 29 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI.
  • St. Diuma Born: Ireland. Died: 658.
  • St. Geretrannus of Bayeux
  • St. John the Silent Born: 8 January 454 at Nicopolis, Armenia. Died: 8 January 558 in Jerusalem. Also called John Hesychastes, John Sabaites, John Silentiarius, and John the Silent.
  • St. Martin of Saujon Died: c.400.
  • St. Mary Joseph Rosello Born: 1811 at Albissola Marina, Liguria. Died: 7 December 1888 at Savona, Italy. Canonized: 1949 by Pope Pius XII. Also called Benedetta Rossello, Benedicta Rossello, Josepha Rossello, Maria Giuseppe Rossello, and Maria Joseph Rollo.
  • St. Nilus of Stolbensk Died: 1554.
  • St. Polycarp of Antioch Died: martyred in Antioch.
  • St. Sabino of Spoleto Died: beaten by prison guards c.303 in Spoleto, Italy. Patronage: Fermo, Italy and Ivrea, Italy. Also called Sabino of Assisi and Sabinus, Savino.
  • St. Servus the Martyr Born: African. Died: beaten and then dragged over stones until dead in 484 in North Africa.
  • St. Theodore of Antioch Died: martyred in Antioch.
  • St. Urban of Teano Died: c.356.
  • St. Victor of Piacenza Died: 375.

Blessed (1)

  • Blessed Humbert of Clairvaux Died: 1148.

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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