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Saints of 9 December

25 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 9 December, with short facts.

Saints (17)

  • St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin Born: 1474 Tlayacac, Cuauhtitlan (about 15 miles north of modern Mexico City, Mexico) as Cuauhtlatoatzin. Died: 30 May 1548. Beatified: 9 April 1990 by Pope John Paul II at Vatican City. Canonized: 31 July 2002. Also called Cuauhtlatoatzin and Juan Diego Cuautlatoatzin.
  • St. Auditor of Saint-Nectaire Patronage: Saint-Nectaire, Puy-de-Dôme, France. Also called Auditeur.
  • St. Balda of Jouarre
  • St. Budoc of Brittany Born: in Brittany (part of modern France). Patronage: castaways, fishermen, sailors, Plourin, France, and Plymouth, England. Also called Budoc of Dol.
  • St. Caesar of Korone
  • St. Cephas
  • St. Cyprian of Périgueux Died: 586.
  • St. Ethelgiva of Shaftesbury Died: 896. Also called AEthelgifu of Shaftesbury.
  • St. Gorgonia Died: c.375. Patronage: against bodily ills, against illness, against sickness, and sick people.
  • St. Julian of Apamea
  • St. Leocadia of Toledo Died: c.303 at Toledo, Spain of (super) natural causes. Patronage: Toledo, Spain, city of and Toledo, Spain, archdiocese of. Also called Locaie of Toledo.
  • St. Nectarius of Auvergne Died: murdered by the pagan chieftain Bradulus. Patronage: Saint-Nectaire, Puy-de-Dôme, France. Also called Nectarius of Limagne, Nectarius of Senneterre, Nectarius of St-Nectaire, and Nectaire, Necterius.
  • St. Peter Fourier Born: 30 November 1565 at Mirecourt, Lorraine (modern France). Died: 9 December 1640 at Gray, Haute-Saone (modern France). Beatified: 20 January 1730 by Pope Benedict XIII. Canonized: 27 May 1897 by Pope Leo XIII. Also called Good Father of Mattaincourt and Le Bon Père de Mattaincourt.
  • St. Proculus of Verona Died: c.320 at Verona, Italy.
  • St. Syrus of Pavia Patronage: Pavia, Italy, city of and Pavia, Italy, diocese of. Also called Cyril, Siro.
  • St. Valeria of Limoges Died: beheaded in Limoges, France.
  • St. Wulfric of Holme Died: c.1000. Also called Wolfeius of Holme.

Blessed (3)

  • Blessed Clara Isabella Fornari Born: 25 June 1697 at Rome, Italy as Anna Felicia Fornari. Died: 9 December 1744. Also called Anna Felecia Fornari and Chiara Fornari.
  • Blessed Liborius Wagner Born: 5 December 1593 at Mühlhausen, Unstrut-Hainich, Thuringia, Germany. Died: beaten to death. Beatified: 24 March 1974 by Pope Paul VI. Also called Liborio.
  • Blessed Mercedarian Fathers

Martyr groups (3)

  • 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 North Africa
  • Martyrs of Samosata Died: crucified in 297 in Samosata (an area in modern Turkey).

Other (2)

  • Bernhard Mariea Silvestrelli
  • Michaela Andrusikiewicz

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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