Feast of Melania the Younger, Foundress and Desert Mother, lived during the reign of Emperor Honorius, son of Theodosius I. She was the paternal granddaughter of Melania the Elder. She married Valerius Pinianus, they traveled to Africa, and befriended Augustine of Hippo. She died in Jerusalem on December 31, 439.
Monthly Archives: December 2020
Feast of St. Sabinus
Feast of St. Sabinus, Bishop of Spoleto, Italy. Martyred with St. Exuperantius, Marcellus, Venustian during the Diocletianic Persecution.
Feast of St. Thomas Becket
Feast of St. Thomas Becket, Martyr, Archbishop of Canterbury. Chancellor of England under King Henry II. As archbishop of Canterbury, championed church rights over royal interests, murdered by followers of the king. Subject of the 1964 movie “Becket”. Patron – secular clergy.
Feast of Saints Romulus and Conindrus
Feast of Saints Romulus and Conindrus, Missionaries and Bishops. They were contemporaries of St. Patrick, and the first evangelizers of the Isle of Man.
Feast of St. John the Apostle
Feast of St. John the Apostle, son of Zebedee & Salome, one of the 12 Apostles with his brother James, author, Gospel of John, 3 Epistles of John & Book of Revelation. Patron of Love, loyalty, friendships, authors, booksellers, burn-victims, art-dealers, editors, theologians.
Feast of St. Stephen
Feast of St. Stephen Deacon and Protomartyr, mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles. Patron of Altar Servers, casket makers, Cetona, Italy, deacons, headaches, horses, Kessel, Belgium, masons, Owensboro, Kentucky, Passau, Germany, Serbia, Republic of Srpska, and Prato, Italy.
Feast of St. Alburga
Feast of St. Alburga, Abbess, foundress. Sister of King Egbert of Wessex, England, married Wulfstan of Wiltshire, founded Wilton Abbey.
Feast of St. Adele
Feast of St. Adele, widow, nun and Abbess, Grandmother of St. Gregory of Utrecht, daughter of King Dagobert II of Germany, disciple of St. Boniface, the Apostle of Germany. She founded a convent at Palatiolum near Trier, Germany.
Feast of St. John Cantius
Feast of St. John Cantius (John of Kanty), Polish priest, scholastic philosopher, physicist, theologian and popular preacher. Patron of Poland, Lithuania, University of Cracow (Jagiellonian University) and the Canons Regular of Saint John Cantius. Died in 1473.
Feast of St. Amaswinthus of Malaga
Feast of St. Amaswinthus of Malaga, Abbot of the Andalusian monastery of Silva de Malaga, Spain. Died in 982