Feast of St. Ambrose, bishop of Milan, one of the four original doctors of the Church. Born Aurelius Ambrosius, Roman governor of Liguria and Emilia. Patron of beekeepers, bishops, learning, livestock, Milan, police officers and students.

Feast of St. Nicholas, Bishop, model for Santa Claus. Patron of Children, sailors, fishermen, merchants, broadcasters, brewers, pharmacists.

Feast of St. Osmund of Salisbury, England. Count of Sées, Bishop, Norman noble. Following the Norman conquest of England, he served as Lord Chancellor and as the second bishop of Salisbury. Patron of insanity, mental illness, paralyzed people, paralysis, ruptures and toothache.

Feast of St. Francis Xavier, Jesuit missionary, co-founder, the Society of Jesus. Patron of African missions, Apostleship of Prayer, Fathers of the Precious Blood, Green Bay, WI, Missioners of the Precious Blood, navigators, parish missions, Goa and the Propagation of the Faith.