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Saints of 15 December

24 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 15 December, with short facts.

Saints (12)

  • St. Adalbero of Metz Died: 1005. Also called Adalbero of Verdun.
  • St. Christiana the Slave
  • St. Florentius of Bangor Died: 7th century. Also called Flann, Florence.
  • St. Margaret of Fontana Born: 1440 at Modena, Italy. Died: 1513. Patronage: possessed people and women in labour.
  • St. Mary di Rosa Born: 6 November 1813 in Brescia, Italy as Paula Frances Mary di Rosa. Died: 15 December 1855 in Brescia, Italy. Canonized: 12 June 1954 by Pope Pius XII. Also called Maria Crocifissa, Mary Crucifixa, Paola di Rosa, and Paula Frances Mary di Rosa.
  • St. Maximinus of Micy Born: Verdun, France. Died: 520. Also called Maximin, Mesmin.
  • St. Offa of Essex Died: c.709.
  • St. Paul of Latros Born: Pergamos, Asia Minor. Died: 956 at Latros, Bithynia, Asia Minor. Also called Paul the Younger.
  • St. Silvia of Constantinople Died: c.420. Also called Silviana, Sylvia.
  • St. Urbicius Born: at Bordeaux, France. Died: c.802 at Huesca, Aragon, Spain. Also called Urbez, Urbitius, Urbex, Urbiz, Urbice.
  • St. Valerian of Abbenza Born: c.377. Died: of exposure in 457.
  • St. Virginia Centurione Bracelli Born: 2 April 1587 in Genoa, Italy. Died: 15 December 1651 in Genoa, Italy. Canonized: 18 May 2003 by Pope John Paul II at Vatican Basilica. Also called Virginae Centurione Bracelli.

Blessed (8)

  • Blessed Charles Steeb Born: 18 December 1773 in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg (modern Germany). Died: 15 December 1856 at Verona, Italy. Beatified: 6 July 1975 by Pope Paul VI. Also called Carlo Steeb and Karl Steeb.
  • Blessed Julia of Arezzo
  • Blessed Marco of Jativa
  • Blessed Marino of Cava Died: 15 December 1170 in Campania, Italy. Beatified: 16 May 1928 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmation).
  • Blessed Mary of Peace Died: 1606.
  • Blessed Pau Gracia Sánchez Born: 23 March 1892 in Lleida, Spain. Died: shot on 15 December 1936 in Madrid, Spain. Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Ramón Eirin Mayo Born: 26 August 1911 in La Coruña, Spain. Died: shot on 15 December 1936 in Madrid, Spain. Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Victoria Strata Born: 1562 at Genoa, Italy as Victoria Fornari. Died: 15 December 1617. Beatified: 21 September 1828 by Pope Leo XII. Also called Mary Victoria Fornari, Mary Victoria Fornari-Strata, Mary Victoria Fornaristrata, Mary Victoria Strata, and Victoria Fornari.

Martyr groups (3)

  • Martyrs of Drina Died: December 1941 in Gorazde, Bosansko-Podrinjski, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Beatified: 24 September 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Daughters of Divine Charity of Drina and Drina Martyrs.
  • Martyrs of North Africa
  • Martyrs of Rome Died: c.258 in Rome, Italy.

Other (1)

  • Bacchus of Jerusalem

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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