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Saints of 27 December

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

Saints (5)

  • St. John the Apostle Died: c.101 at Ephesus (in modern Turkey). Patronage: against burns; burn victims, against epilepsy, against foot problems, against hailstorms, against poisoning, art dealers, authors, writers, basket makers, and others.
  • St. Fabiola of Rome Born: 4th century in Rome, Italy. Died: 399 in Rome, Italy. Patronage: difficult marriages, divorced people, victims of abuse, victims of adultery, victims of unfaithfulness, and widows.
  • St. Nicarete of Constantinople Born: 4th century Nicomedia, Bithynia, Asia Minor (modern Izmit, Turkey). Died: c.405. Also called Nicarete of Nicomedia and Niceras, Nikarete, Nicaretes.
  • St. Theodorus of Apamea Born: c.775 at Kerak, Moab (Trans-Jordan). Died: c.841 at Apamea, Bithynia. Also called Grapti, Theodorus the Branded, Theodorus the Lettered-Upon, and Theodore.
  • St. Theophanes of Nicaea Born: c.775 at Kerak, Moab (Trans-Jordan). Died: 11 October 845 at Nicaea. Also called Grapti, Theophanes the Hymnographer, and Theophan.

Blessed (11)

  • Blessed Adelheidis of Tennenbach Born: at Thöningen, Germany. Died: 1273 at Tennenbach Abbey in Germany.
  • Blessed Alejo Pan López Born: 24 October 1888 in Santibáñez de la Isla, Léon, Spain. Died: 27 December 1936 in Santander, Cantabria, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis. Also called Ambrosio of Santibáñez.
  • Blessed Alfredo Parte-Saiz Born: 2 June 1899 in Cilleruelo de Bricia, Burgos, Spain. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Alfredo of the Virgin.
  • Blessed Christina Ebner Born: Good Friday, 26 March 1277 in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. Died: 27 December 1356 in Engeltal, Nuremberg, Germany. Also called Kristina Ebner.
  • Blessed Francesco Spoto Born: 8 July 1924 in Raffadali, Agrigento, Italy. Died: 27 December 1964 at Erira, Orientale (modern Democratic Republic of Congo). Beatified: 21 April 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Hesso of Beinwil Died: 1133. Also called Esso, Esson, Hesson.
  • Blessed Odoardo Focherini Born: 6 June 1907 in Carpi, Modena, Italy. Died: 27 December 1944 in Hersbruck concentration camp, Nürnberger Land, Germany. Beatified: 15 June 2013 by Pope Francis. Also called Edward Focherini.
  • Blessed Raymond de Barellis
  • Blessed Roger of Verdun Born: late 11th century Germany. Died: 1138.
  • Blessed Sára Salkaházi Born: 11 May 1899 in Kassa, Hungary (modern Košice, Slovakia). Beatified: 17 September 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Sára Schalkház.
  • Blessed Walto of Wessobrünn Born: 1090. Died: 1156. Also called Balto of Wessobrünn.

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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