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Saints of 24 December

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

Saints (13)

  • St. Adela of Pfalzel Died: 24 December 735. Also called Addula, Athela, Adolena, Adula, Adolana.
  • St. Boniface of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux Born: 4th century. Died: 5th century.
  • St. Bruno of Ottobeuren Died: c.1050 at the Ottobeuren Abbey, Bavaria, Germany.
  • St. Caran of Scotland Born: in eastern Scotland. Died: 669. Also called Caranus.
  • St. Castorino of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux
  • St. Delphinus of Bordeaux Died: 24 December 403. Also called Delfinus, Delphin.
  • St. Euthymius of Nicomedia Died: 303 in Nicomedia, Asia Minor. Also called Euthymios.
  • St. Gregory of Spoleto Died: c.304.
  • St. Hanno of Worms Born: 10th century Hesse, Germany. Died: 24 December 978 in Worms, Germany.
  • St. Irmina of Oehren Died: c.716 at monastery of Weissenburg, Germany. Also called Irmina of Trier, Irmina of Treves, and Irma, Ermina, Hermione, Ymena.
  • St. Mochua of Timahoe Born: Achonry district of Connaught, Ireland. Died: c.657 in the monastery in Derenish, County Laois, Ireland.
  • St. Paola Elisabetta Cerioli Born: 28 January 1816 in Soncino, Cremona, Italy as Constanse Honorata Cerioli. Died: 24 December 1865 in Comonte di Seriate, Bergamo, Italy. Canonized: 16 May 2004 by Pope John Paul II.
  • St. Trasilla Born: Roman citizen. Died: 24 December. Patronage: single laywomen. Also called Tarsilla, Tharsilla, Thrasilla.

Blessed (10)

  • Blessed Alberic of Gladbach Also called Adalbert, Adelbert, Albert.
  • Blessed Boniface I Born: 8th century. Died: 9th century.
  • Blessed Brocard of Strasbourg
  • Blessed Francesco dei Maleficii Died: 1290. Also called Apostle of Corsica.
  • Blessed Ignacio Caselles García Born: 18 November 1874 in Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain. Died: 24 December 1936 in Orihuela, Alicante, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis. Also called Juan Crisóstomo of Gata de Gorgos.
  • Blessed Mercedarian Brothers
  • Blessed Mercedarian Sisters
  • Blessed Pablo Meléndez Gonzalo Born: 6 November 1876 in Valencia, Spain. Died: 24 December 1936 in Castellar highway, Valencia, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Peter de Solanes
  • Blessed Venerandus of Clermont Born: Clermont, Auvergne, Gaul (modern France). Died: 423.

Martyr groups (2)

  • Martyred Maidens of Antioch Died: martyred in 250 in Antioch, Syria.
  • Martyrs of Tripoli Died: Tripoli, Libya.

Other (4)

  • Adam the Patriarch Patronage: gardeners and tailors.
  • All the Holy Ancestors of Christ
  • Bartolomeo Maria dal Monte
  • Eve the Matriarch Patronage: tailors.

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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