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Saints of 28 December

23 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 28 December, with short facts.

Feasts (1)

  • Holy Innocents Patronage: against ambition, against jealousy, altar servers, babies, children, children's choir, choir boys, foundlings, and others. Also called Childermas and Children's Mass.

Saints (13)

  • St. Anthony of Lérins Born: c.468 at Valeria, Lower Pannonia (in modern Hungary). Died: c.520 at Lerins, Provence, France. Also called Antony of Lérins and Anthony the Hermit.
  • St. Caesarius of Armenia Died: burned to death at the stake in 309 at Arabissus, Armenia.
  • St. Caterina Volpicelli Born: 21 January 1839 in Naples, Italy. Died: 28 December 1894 in Naples, Italy. Canonized: 26 April 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Katarina Volpicelli.
  • St. Conindrus Died: c.450.
  • St. Domitian the Deacon Died: Ankara, Galatia (modern Turkey).
  • St. Domnio of Rome
  • St. Eutychius Died: at Ankara, Galatia (modern Turkey).
  • St. Gowan of Wales Born: 5th century Wales. Also called Cofen, Govan, Goven.
  • St. Iolande of Rome Died: beheaded in 169 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Romulus Died: c.450.
  • St. Simon the Myroblite
  • St. Theonas of Alexandria Died: 28 December 300. Also called Teona, Theon.
  • St. Troadius of Pontus Died: crucified c.250 in Neo-Caesarea, Pontus (in modern Turkey).

Blessed (7)

  • Blessed Claudia Weinhardt Died: 1643.
  • Blessed Gregory of Cahors Born: France. Also called Gregorio da Cahors.
  • Blessed Hryhorii Khomyshyn Born: 25 March 1867 at Hadynkivtsi, Ternopil District, Ukraine. Died: 17 January 1947 in NKVD prison in Kiev, Ukraine. Beatified: 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine. Also called Gregor, Gregory, Grzegorz, Hryhorij, Hryhory.
  • Blessed Johannes Riedgasser Born: 16th century Germany. Died: 1600.
  • Blessed Matthia dei Nazzarei Born: 1 March 1253 in Matelica, Macerata, Italy. Died: 28 December 1319 in Matelica, Macerata, Italy. Beatified: 27 July 1765 by Pope Clement XIII (cultus confirmed). Also called Mattia and Matthias Nazarei.
  • Blessed Nicholas Mello Died: Astrakhan, Russia.
  • Blessed Otto of Heidelberg Died: 1344.

Martyr groups (2)

  • 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia Died: 303 in Nicomedia, Bithynia (modern Izmit, Turkey).
  • Martyrs of Africa

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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