Saints & Heroes
December 1: At the age of 15, the future martyr was given a scholarship to St. John’s College, where he was known for his intellect and his sweet, yet fiery disposition.
December 22: Under the persecution of Emperor Decius, many were driven to flee into the desert where they suffered hunger, exposure, and died prey to either wild beasts, or at the hand of men.
December 2: After his ordination, Saint Chromatius took part in the synod against Arianism in 381. Later, as bishop, he rooted Arianism out of his diocese.
December 23: Saint John Kanti (or Cantius) lead a strict ascetic life. A number of miracles were attributed to him during his life and he died at the age of 83.
December 3: Saint Francis Xavier, one of the first members of the Jesuit Order, is the patron saint of all foreign missionary campaigns.
December 24: Saints Irmina and Adela were the two daughters of Frankish King St. Dagobert II, who embraced the religious life and founded convents.
December 26: Saint Stephen was the first to have shed his blood for Our Lord. He was stoned to death by the Jewish Sanhedrin.
December 28: The Church considers those babies slaughtered by Herod to be the first martyrs, since they shed their blood because of Christ.
December 30: Though a good bishop, protector of orphans and widows, and a fair judge, St. Egwin incurred the animosity of people who resisted his insistent teaching on marital morality and clerical celibacy.
December 4: Saint John wrote works of theology and poetry at St. Sabas where he died a very old man. He was proclaimed Doctor of the Church in 1890.
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