saints of the month december
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Saint of the Day (December 30) from navigate53 1057 days old
DECEMBER 30 ST. ANYSIA Anysia lived in Thessalonica toward the end of the second century. Thessalonica was an ancient city to which St. Paul himself ...
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Saint of the Day (December 29) from navigate53 1058 days old
DECEMBER 29 ST. THOMAS BECKET Thomas Becket was born in 1118, in London, England. After his parents died, he went to work in an office. As a young ...
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Saint of the Day (December 25) from navigate53 1063 days old
DECEMBER 25 CHRISTMAS, THE BIRTHDAY OF JESUS The time had come for the Son of God to become man for love of us. His mother Mary and St. Joseph ...
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Saint of the Day (December 24) from navigate53 1063 days old
DECEMBER 24 ST. CHARBEL St. Charbel was born Youssef Makhlouf on May 8, 1828, in a mountain village in Lebanon. His life was very ordinary. Youssef ...
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Saints of the Day (December 23) from navigate53 1064 days old
DECEMBER 23 The current calendar lists two saints on December 23. Their stories are briefly presented here one after the other. ST. JOHN OF KANTY ...
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Saints of the Day (December 22) from navigate53 1065 days old
DECEMBER 22 ST. CHAEREMON AND ST. ISCHYRION AND OTHER MARTYRS The third century was marked by Roman persecutions of the Church. Today's saints were ...
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Saint of the Day (December 21) from navigate53 1065 days old
DECEMBER 21 ST. PETER CANISIUS Peter, a Dutch man, was born in 1521. His father wanted him to be a lawyer. To please him, young Peter began to ...
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Saint of the Day (December 20) from navigate53 1067 days old
DECEMBER 20 ST. DOMINIC OF SILOS Dominic, a Spanish shepherd boy, was born at the beginning of the eleventh century. He spent many hours alone ...
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Saint of the Day (December 19) from navigate53 1068 days old
DECEMBER 19 BLESSED URBAN V Blessed Urban's name before he became pope was William de Grimoard. He was born in France in 1310 and became a Benedictine ...
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Saint of the Day (December 18) from navigate53 1068 days old
DECEMBER 18 ST. FLANNAN Flannan lived around the seventh century. He was the son of an Irish chieftain named Turlough. Flannan was educated by ...
