St. Sabas – Feastday: December 5
439 – 532 Sabas was born at Mutalaska, Cappadocia, near Caesarea. He was the son of an army officer there who when assigned to Alexandria, left him in the care of an uncle. Mistreated by his uncle’s wife, Sabas ran…
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St. John of Damascus – Feastday: December 4
645 – 749 Saint John Damascene has the double honor of being the last but one of the fathers of the Eastern Church, and the greatest of her poets. It is surprising, however, how little that is authentic is known…
St. Francis Xavier – Feastday: December 3
1506 – 1552 FRANCIS XAVIER, ST. (1506-1552). Born in the family castle of Xavier, near Pamplona in the Basque area of Spanish Navarre on Apr. 7, he was sent to the University of Paris 1525, secured his licentiate in 1528,…
St. Bibiana – Feastday:December 2
St. Bibiana, Virgin and Martyr (Feast day – December 2nd) Other than the name, nothing is known for certain about this saint. However, we have the following account from a later tradition. In the year 363, Julian the Apostate…
St. Eligius – Feastday: December 1
Patron of metalworkers Born: 590 Eligius (also known as Eloi) was born around 590 near Limoges in France. He became an extremely skillful metalsmith and was appointed master of the mint under King Clotaire II of Paris. Eligius developed a…
St. Andrew – Feastday: November 30
Patronof Fisherman Andrew, like his brother Simon Peter, was a fisherman. He became a disciple of the great St. John the Baptist, but when John pointed to Jesus and said, “Behold the Lamb of God!” Andrew understood that Jesus was…
St. Satuninus – Feastday:November 29
St. Saturninus Bishop of Toulouse and Martyr November 29 A.D. 257 St. Saturninus went from Rome by the direction of pope Fabian, about the year 245, to preach the faith in Gaul, where St. Trophimus, the first bishop…
St. Catherine Laboure – Feastday: November 28
Beatified By: May 28, 1933 by Pope Pius XI Canonized By: July 27, 1947 by Pope Pius XII St. Catherine Laboure, virgin, was born on May 2, 1806. At an early age she entered the community of the Daughters of…
St. James Intercisus – Feastday:November 27
James was a favorite of King Yezdigerd I of Persia and a Christian. He abandoned his religion when Yesdigerd launched a persecution of the Christians. When the king died, James repented of his apostasy and declared himself to be…
St. Cecilia – Feastday: November 22
Patron of musicians 2nd century – 3rd century In the fourth century appeared a Greek religious romance on the Loves of Cecilia and Valerian, written, like those of Chrysanthus and Daria, Julian and Basilissa, in glorification of the virginal life,…