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Saints of 17 December

18 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 17 December, with short facts.

Saints (13)

  • St. Begga of Andenne Died: 693 at Andenne on the Meuse River in France.
  • St. Briarch of Bourbriac Born: Irish. Died: 627 in Bourbiac, France. Patronage: against epilepsy, against mental illness, and against migraines. Also called Briach, Briac, Briachus, Briag, Briagenn.
  • St. John of Matha Born: 23 June 1160 at Faucon, Provence, France. Died: 12 December 1223 at Rome, Italy. Canonized: 21 October 1666 by Pope Alexander VII (cultus confirmed).
  • St. Josep Manyanet y Vives Born: 7 January 1833 in Trempe, Catalonia, Spain. Died: 17 December 1901 in San Andréd de Palomar, Spain. Canonized: 16 May 2004 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Judicaël Died: 658. Patronage: Gaël, France and Paimpont, France.
  • St. Lazarus of Bethany Died: beheaded in the 1st century in a cave near Marseilles, France. Patronage: Autun, France, diocese of and Marseille, France, archdiocese of. Also called Lazarus of the Four Days, Lazarus the Resurrected, and Lazare....
  • St. Maxentiolus Died: 5th century. Also called Mezenceul.
  • St. Modestus of Jerusalem Born: Sebasteia, Cappadocia (in modern Turkey). Died: 17 December 630.
  • St. Olympias of Constantinople Born: at Constantinople. Died: 25 July 408 at Nicomedia.
  • St. Sturmi of Fulda Born: Bavaria, Germany. Died: 779 in Fulda, Germany. Canonized: 1139 by Pope Innocent II. Also called Apostle of the Saxons, Apostle of Germany, and Sturm, Sturmius.
  • St. Tydecho Born: Welsh. Died: 6th century. Also called Dudec, Thudec, Thudoc, Tudec, Tudes, Tudoc.
  • St. Wivina Born: 1103 in Oisy, Flanders, Belgium. Died: c.1170 at Grand-Brigard Abbey, Brabant, Belgium. Also called Vivina.
  • St. Yolanda Died: 1283.

Blessed (3)

  • Blessed Mariano Alarcón Ruiz Born: 24 November 1912 in Murcia, Spain. Died: 17 December 1936 in Badalona, Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Father José Mariano of the Angels.
  • Blessed Matilde del Sagrado Corazón Téllez Robles Born: 30 May 1841 in Robledillo de la Vera, Cáceres. Spain as Matilde Tellez Robles. Died: 17 December 1902 in Don Benito, Badajoz, Spain. Beatified: 21 March 2004 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Matilde of the Sacred Heart and Matilde Tellez Robles.
  • Blessed Peter of Spain Died: cut to pieces near Trovandosi, Algeria in 1418.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Eleutheropolis Died: 638 in Eleutheropolis (Beit Jibrin), Palestine.

Other (1)

  • Cristoforo di Collesano

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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