Feast of St. Macarius of Egypt, monk and hermit. Called The Lamp of the Desert. Macarius died in the year 391.

Feast of St. Maria Giuseppe Rossello, Foundress of the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy. Died on December 7, 1888, canonized in 1949.

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

Feast of St. Nicholas Tavigli, Franciscan martyr of Jerusalem. Native of Dalmatia worked in and around Bosnia, among the Paterine heretics.

Feast of St. Osmund of Salisbury, England. Bishop, Patron of insanity, mental illness, paralyzed people, ruptures, toothache. Died in 1099.

Feast of St. Francis Xavier, Jesuit missionary, co-founder, the Society of Jesus. Patron of missionaries, plague epidemics, Green Bay, WI.

Feast of St. Bibiana, Roman Virgin and Martyr. Patron of epileptics, hangovers, headaches, mental illness, single laywomen, torture victims.

Feast of St. Eligius, Bishop. Patron of metalworkers, goldsmiths, coin collectors. St. Eligius Hospital featured in 80’s television show St. Elsewhere.

Feast of St. Andrew, brother of Simon Peter, fisherman, disciple. Patron of Fishermen, Russia and Scotland.

Feast of St. Francis Fasani, Franciscan mystic. He died in 1742 and was canonized in 1986.