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Saints of 13 December

22 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 13 December, with short facts.

Saints (12)

  • St. Lucy Born: c.283 at Syracuse, Sicily. Died: stabbed in the throat c.304 at Syracuse, Sicily. Also called Lucia, Lucie.
  • St. Antiochus of Sulci Died: beaten to death c.110 on Sulci, Sardinia (part of modern Italy). Patronage: Sardinia. Also called Antiochus of Plumbaria and Antioco of....
  • St. Aristone Died: Porto Romano, Italy.
  • St. Arsenius of Latro
  • St. Aubert of Arras Died: c.669. Patronage: bakers and confectioners. Also called Aubert of Cambrai and Albert, Audebertus, Authbert, Autbertus, Obrecht.
  • St. Edburgh of Lyminge Also called Edburga of Lyminge.
  • St. Einhildis of Hohenburg Died: 8th century. Also called Einhild.
  • St. Jodocus Died: c.668 at Saint-Josse-sur-Mer, France.
  • St. Odilia of Alsace Born: c.660 at Oberheim in the Vosges Mountains. Died: 13 December 720 at Niedermunster, Mount Sainte Odile, Germany. Patronage: against eye diseases and problems and Alsace, France (proclaimed in 1807 by Pope Pius VII).
  • St. Roswinda Died: 8th century.
  • St. Tassio of Bavaria Died: c.794 in Lorsch, Germany. Also called Tassio of Jumièges.
  • St. Wifred Died: 1021.

Blessed (7)

  • Blessed Antonio Grassi Born: 13 November 1592 in Fermo, Italy. Died: 13 December 1671 in Fermo, Italy. Beatified: 30 September 1900 by Pope Leo XIII.
  • Blessed Bartholomew of Tuscany Died: 1300. Also called Job of Tuscany.
  • Blessed Costanza Starace Born: 5 September 1845 in Castellammare di Stabia, Naples, Italy as Costanza Starace. Died: 13 December 1921 in Castellammare di Stabia, Naples, Italy. Beatified: 15 April 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Maria Maddalena della Passione.
  • Blessed Elizabeth Rose Died: c.1130.
  • Blessed John Marinoni Born: 25 December 1490 at Venice, Italy. Died: 13 December 1562 at Naples, Italy. Beatified: 5 December 1764 by Pope Clement XIII (cultus confirmed). Also called Francesco Marinoni and Giovanni Marinoni.
  • Blessed Martino de Pomar
  • Blessed Mercedarian Knights

Martyr groups (2)

  • Martyrs of Jeongju Died: beheaded on 13 December 1866 in Supjeong-i, Jeongju, Chungcheong-do, South Korea. Canonized: 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Martyrs of Sebaste Died: c.302 at Sebaste, Armenia (in modern Turkey).

Other (1)

  • Cormac of Killala

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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