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Saints of 8 December

18 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 8 December, with short facts.

Feasts (1)

  • Feast of the Immaculate Conception Patronage: barrel makers, coopers, cloth makers, cloth workers, soldiers of the United States, Spanish infantry, tapestry workers, upholsterers, Argentina, and others.

Saints (11)

  • St. Anthusa of Africa Died: burned alive in the late 5th century.
  • St. Casari of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon Died: 586. Also called Cazarie, Gosaria.
  • St. Eucharius of Trier Patronage: against plague and Trier, Germany.
  • St. Gunthildis of Ohrdruf Born: at Wimborne, England. Died: c.748. Also called Cunihilt, Cynehild, Cynehildis, Gunthild.
  • St. Macarius of Alexandria Died: burned alive in Alexandria, Egypt mid-3rd century.
  • St. Narcisa de Jesús Martillo-Morán Born: 29 October 1832 at Nobol, Guayas, Ecuador. Died: 8 December 1869 at Lima, Peru. Canonized: Sunday 12 October 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • St. Noel Chabanel Born: 2 February 1613 at Saugues, France. Died: 8 December 1649 on a trail near Saint Jean, Ontario, Canada. Canonized: 29 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI Storefront books and sheet music.
  • St. Patapius of Constantinople Born: Egypt. Died: 7th century. Also called Patapius of Thebes, Patapius of Egypt, and Patapios....
  • St. Romaric of Remiremont Died: 653. Canonized: 1051 by Pope Leo IX. Also called Romaricus.
  • St. Sofronius of Cyprus
  • St. Thibaud de Marly Died: 1247. Also called Theobald, Thibaut.

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Eutychian Born: Etruria or Tuscany (both in modern Italy). Died: 7 December 283. Also called Eutychianus.

Blessed (5)

  • Blessed Alojzy Liguda Born: 23 January 1898 in Winów, Opolskie, Poland. Died: martyred on 8 December 1942 in the concentration camp at Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Iacobus Gwon Sang-yeon Born: 1751 in Jinsan, Jeolla-do, South Korea. Died: 8 December 1791 in Jeonju, Jeolla-do, South Korea. Beatified: 15 August 2014 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Johanna of Cáceres Born: 14th century Spain.
  • Blessed José María Zabal Blasco Born: 19 March 1898 in Valencia, Spain. Died: 8 December 1936 in Picadero de Paterna, Valencia, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Paulus Yun Ji-chung Born: 1759 in Jinsan, Jeolla-do, South Korea. Died: 8 December 1791 in Jeonju, Jeolla-do, South Korea. Beatified: 15 August 2014 by Pope Francis.

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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