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Saints of 12 December

34 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 12 December, with short facts.

Marian titles (1)

  • Our Lady of Guadalupe Patronage: Americas; New World, Central America, Mexico, New Mexico, Pojoaque Indian Pueblo, 12 dioceses, and 3 cities. Also called Holy Mary of Guadalupe, Virgin of Guadalupe, and Maria de Guadalupe.

Saints (18)

  • St. Abra Born: 342. Died: 360. Also called Abre.
  • St. Agatha of Wimborne Died: 790.
  • St. Colman of Clonard Died: 8 February 654. Also called Colman moccu Thelduib and Colmanus.
  • St. Colman of Glendalough Died: 659.
  • St. Columba of Terryglass Born: at Leinster, Ireland. Died: 13 December 552. Also called Colum mac Crimthainn, Colum moccu Loigse, Columba of Tirdaglas, and Columba of Tyrdaglas.
  • St. Conrad of Offida Born: c.1241 in Offida. Died: 12 December 1306 at Bastia, Umbria, Italy.
  • St. Corentius of Quimper Died: c.490. Also called Corentin, Corentinus, Cury.
  • St. Cormac
  • St. Cury Born: Brittany, France. Died: 401. Also called Corentin.
  • St. Donatus the Martyr
  • St. Edburga of Thanet Born: English. Died: 751 at Minster-on-Thanet abbey. Also called Edburga of Minster-on-Thanet and Bugga, Eadburga, Edburgh, Heaburg.
  • St. Finnian of Clonard Born: c.470 at Myshall, County Carlow, Ireland. Died: c.549 to 552 at Clonard, Meath, Ireland. Patronage: Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, diocese of and Meath, Ireland, diocese of. Also called Finian of Clonard, Finden of Clonard, and Teacher of the Irish Saints.
  • St. Gregory of Terracina Died: c.570.
  • St. Hermogenes
  • St. Simon Phan Ðac Hòa Born: c.1787 in Mai Vinh, Thua Thiên, Vietnam. Died: beheaded on 12 December 1840 in An Hòa, Quang Nam, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II.
  • St. Spyridon of Cyprus Born: 270 on Cyprus. Died: c.348. Patronage: against flood, potters, sailors, and 3 cities in Greece. Also called Spyridon of Corfu, Spyridon of Korfu, Spyridon of Kerkyra, Spyridon of Tremithus, and Spyridon of Trimithon.
  • St. Synesius Died: stabbed.
  • St. Vicelin of Oldenburg Born: c.1088 in the castle at Hemeln on the Weser, Lower Saxony, Germany. Died: 12 December 1154 at Neumunster, Lorraine, France. Also called Apostle of Holstein and Apostle of Obodriten.

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Callistus I Born: c.1065 Quingey, France. Died: 13 December 1124 in Rome, Italy. Patronage: cemetery workers. Also called Calixtus II, Guido of Burgundy, Callixtus I, and Calixtus I. Also kept on 14 October in some calendars.

Blessed (5)

  • Blessed Bartholomew Buonpedoni Born: San Geminiano, Italy. Died: 1300.
  • Blessed Ida of Nivelles Born: c.1190 in Nivelles, Belgium. Died: 12 December 1231 in Rameige, Belgium. Patronage: against toothache and souls in Purgatory.
  • Blessed James of Viterbo Born: c.1255 in Viterbo, Italy as James Capocci. Died: 1308. Beatified: 14 June 1911 by Pope Pius X (cultus confirmed). Also called James Capocci, James of Naples, Doctor Speculativus, and Giacomo, Jacobus.
  • Blessed Ludwik Bartosik Born: 21 August 1909 in Kokanin, Wielkopolskie, Poland. Died: tortured to death. Beatified: 26 March 1999 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Father Pio and Father Pius.
  • Blessed Martino Sanz

Martyr groups (2)

  • Martyrs of Alexandria Died: burned to death c.250 in Alexandria, Egypt.
  • Martyrs of Trier Died: c.287 at Trier (in modern Germany).

Other (7)

  • Arnoldo Martin
  • Bertrando de Mas
  • Giovanni de Josa
  • Israele di Dorat
  • Pribyslava
  • Therapon of Monzja
  • Valerico

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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