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Saints of 20 December

27 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 20 December, with short facts.

Saints (15)

  • St. Attala of Strasbourg Born: 687. Died: 741.
  • St. Bajulus of Rome
  • St. Crescentius of Africa
  • St. Dominic of Brescia Died: c.612.
  • St. Dominic of Silos Born: 1000 in Cañas (modern Rioja), Navarre, Spain. Died: 10 December 1073 in Silos, Spain. Patronage: against hydrophobia or rabies, against insects, against mad dogs, captives and prisoners, pregnant women, and shepherds. Also called Domingo of Silos.
  • St. Eugene of Arabia Died: stabbed.
  • St. Hoger of Hamburg-Bremen Born: 9th century. Died: 20 December 916 in Bremen, Germany. Also called Hogerus, Hojerus, Holger, Hotgerns, Huggar.
  • St. Julius of Gelduba Died: at Gelduba (Gildoba), Thrace.
  • St. Liberatus of Rome Also called Liberato.
  • St. Macarius of Arabia Died: stabbed.
  • St. Malou of Hautvillers Also called Madeloup.
  • St. Paul of Latra Died: 956. Also called Paulus of Latrus.
  • St. Philogonius of Antioch Died: 324. Patronage: lawyers. Also called Filogonius, Philogonus, and Philogonios.
  • St. Ursicinus of Cahors Died: c.535.
  • St. Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne Born: Irish. Died: c.625. Patronage: against stiff neck.

Blessed (6)

  • Blessed John de Molina
  • Blessed Lorenzo Company Born: 1415 El Puig, Spain. Died: 20 December 1479 in El Puig, Spain.
  • Blessed Michal Piaszczynski Born: 1 November 1885 in Lomza, Podlaskie, Poland. Died: 20 December 1940 in the prison camp in Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg, Oberhavel, Germany. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Micheal Piaszczynski and Michele Piaszczynski.
  • Blessed Peter de la Cadireta Born: Moya, Catalonia, Spain. Died: stoned to death by a group of heretics in 1277 at Urgell, Spain.
  • Blessed Peter Massalenus Born: 1375 in Othoca, Sardinia. Died: 1453 in Venice, Italy.
  • Blessed Vincent Romano Born: 3 June 1751 at Torre del Greco, Naples, Italy. Died: 20 December 1831 at Torre del Greco, Naples, Italy. Beatified: 17 November 1963 by Pope Paul VI at Rome, Italy. Canonized: 6 March 2018. Also called Vincenzo Romano, Vincent Dominikus Romano, and Vincenzo Dominico Romano.

Other (6)

  • Abraham of Bznunik
  • Coren
  • Damian of Padua
  • Daniel II of Serbia
  • Flachanan
  • Freoch of Cloon

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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