Saints & Heroes
December 6: When Saint Nicholas was chosen bishop of his diocese, he became famous and beloved for his extraordinary piety, zeal and many astonishing miracles.
December 7: Saint Ambrose, Priest and Bishop, adopted a personal life of simplicity and hard work, devoted himself entirely to the service of his flock, fighting heresy and paganism.
December 11: Pope Damasus I, fought many heresies in his day. He was the first Pope to hold the title "Supreme Pontiff," which formerly belonged to the Roman Emperors.
December 17: Saint Sturmi was appointed the abbot of the monastery of Fulda, a place from which Germany could be effectively evangelized.
December 18: Saint Flannan is renowned for the eloquence and ardor of his preaching, and he also performed remarkable miracles.
December 19: St. Jerome wrote of Pope Anastasius that he was a distinguished man of blameless life and apostolic solicitude, a man of great holiness, rich in his poverty. Sts. Jerome, Augustine and Paulinus, were his friends and admirers.
December 20: Saint Dominic de Silos was a great miracle worker, and it was said that there was no disease that he had not, at one time or another, cured.
December 21: Saint Peter Canisius, Doctor of the Church, spent his life helping people in Germany, Austria, Bohemia, Moravia and Switzerland to hold firmly to their Catholic Faith and resist Protestantism.
November 29: From the time of his consecration as a bishop, Saint Radbod never ate meat, often fasted as long as three days and was renowned and loved for his kindness to the poor.
November 30: Saint Andrew the Apostle was martyred through crucifixion. For 2 days, he hung on his cross, and never stopped preaching the Gospel until his last breath.
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