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Saints of 10 December

41 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 10 December, with short facts.

Marian titles (1)

  • Our Lady of Loreto

Saints (22)

  • St. Abundius Died: c.300 at Spoleto, Italy or Seville, Spain (records vary). Also called Abundantius.
  • St. Angelina of Serbia Born: late 15th-century in modern day Berat, Albania as Angelina Arianit Komneni. Died: 1510 in Fruska Gora, Serbia. Also called Angelina of Krusedol, Angelina of Krushedol, Angelina Arianit Komneni, Angelina Brankovic, and Mother Angelina.
  • St. Caesarius of Epidamnus Also called Caesarius of Durazzo, Caesarius of Durrës, Caesarius of Dyrrachium, and Cesare of....
  • St. Carpophorus Died: martyred c.300 at Spoleto, Italy or Seville, Spain (records vary). Patronage: Arona, Italy. Also called Carpoforo.
  • St. Deusdedit of Brescia Died: c.700.
  • St. Edmund Gennings Born: 1567 in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. Died: hanged. Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI. Also called Edmund Jennings.
  • St. Eulalia of Merida Born: c.290 in Spain. Died: tortured and burned alive c.304 Merida, Spain. Patronage: Merida, Spain, Oviedo, Spain, runaways, torture victims, and widows. Also called Aulaire, Aulazie, Olalla.
  • St. Eustace White Born: 1559 in Louth, Lincolnshire, England. Died: hanged. Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI.
  • St. Florentius of Carracedo Died: 1156.
  • St. Gemellus of Ancyra Died: crucified in 362 at Ancyra, Galatia (Asia Minor). Also called Gemellus of Edessa and Gemellus of Paphlagonia.
  • St. Guitmarus Died: c.765.
  • St. Hildemar of Beauvais Died: c.844.
  • St. John Roberts Born: 1577 at Trawsfynydd, Merionethshire, Gwynedd. Died: hanged. Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI.
  • St. Julia of Merida Died: c.304 at Merida, Spain.
  • St. Lucerius Died: 740.
  • St. Maurus of Rome Died: Via Salaria, Rome, Italy.
  • St. Mercury of Lentini Died: beheaded in Lentini, Sicily, Italy. Also called Mercury of Leontium and Mercurius of....
  • St. Polydore Plasden Born: 1563 in London, England. Died: hanged. Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI. Also called Oliver Palmer.
  • St. Sindulf of Vienne Died: c.669.
  • St. Swithun Wells Born: 1536 in Bambridge, Hampshire, England. Died: hanged. Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI.
  • St. Thomas of Farfa Born: at Maurienne, Savoy, France. Died: c.720.
  • St. Valeria

Popes (2)

  • Pope St. Gregory III Born: in Syria. Died: 28 November 741.
  • Pope St. Miltiades Born: Africa. Died: 11 January 314 at Rome, Italy. Also called Melchiades.

Blessed (12)

  • Blessed Albert of Sassovivo Died: c.1012.
  • Blessed Brian Lacey Born: Brockdish, Norfolk, England. Died: hanged on 10 December 1591 at Tyburn, London, England. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
  • Blessed Bruno of Rommersdorf Born: 12th century Germany. Died: 10 December 1236. Also called Bruno von Braunsberg and Brun.
  • Blessed Fulgentius of Afflighem Born: latter 11th century in Wallonia (in modern Belgium).
  • Blessed Giuseppe Antonio Migliavacca Born: 13 June 1849 in Trigolo, Cremona, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia (modern Italy). Died: 10 December 1909 in his convent cell in Bergamo, Kingdom of Italy. Beatified: 7 October 2017 by Pope Francis. Patronage: Sisters of Mary, Most Holy Consolatrix. Also called Arsenio of Trigolo.
  • Blessed Guglielmo de Carraria Also called William of Carraria.
  • Blessed John Mason Born: at Kendal, Westmoreland, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
  • Blessed Marco Antonio Durando Born: 22 May 1801 in Mondovi, Italy. Died: 10 December 1880 in Turin, Italy. Beatified: 20 October 2002 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Marcantonio Durando.
  • Blessed María Emilia Riquelme y Zayas Born: 5 August 1847 in Granada, Spain. Died: 10 December 1940 in Granada Spain. Beatified: 9 November 2019 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Sebastian Montanol Born: Spanish. Died: murdered in 1616 in Zacateca, Mexico.
  • Blessed Sidney Hodgson Born: English. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
  • Blessed Thomas Somers Born: Skelsmergh, Westmoreland, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Also called Thomas Wilson.

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 Alexandria Died: beheaded c.312 at Alexandria, Egypt.

Other (2)

  • Holy House of Loreto
  • Luca di Melicucc

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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