Feasts of December

Dedicated to the Immaculate Conception

• December 1
  • St. Edmund Campion, English Martyr
  • St. Nahum the Minor Prophet
• December 2
  • St. Bibiana, Martyr
• December 3
  • St. Francis Xavier, Jesuit Missionary
  • St. Sophonias the Minor Prophet
• December 4
  • St. Peter Chrysologus
  • St. Barbara, Martyr (Auxiliary Saint)
• December 5
  • St. Sabbas, Martyr
• December 6
  • St. Nicholas of Myra, Bishop
• December 7
  • Vigil of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • St. Ambrose, Bishop
• December 8
  • Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Holyday of Obligation)
• December 9
  • St. Juan Diego
  • St. Leocadia
• December 10
  • Our Lady of Loretto
  • Pope St. Melchiades, Martyr
• December 11
  • Pope St. Damasus I
• December 12
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patron of the Americas
• December 13
  • St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr
• December 14
  • SS. Nicasius (Bishop), Eutropia (Virgin), and Companions, Martyrs
  • St. Venantius Fortunatus, Bishop
  • Saintly Birthday of St. John of The Cross (Exiting this world)
• December 15
  • St. Christiana, Virgin
  • St. Mesmin, Abbot
• December 16
  • St. Eusebius, Bishop
  • SS. Azarias, Ananias, and Misael, Daniel’s Companions
• December 17 (O Sapientia)
  • St. Lazarus, Brother of SS. Mary Magdalene and Martha
• December 18 (O Adonai)
  • The Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • St. Gatian, Bishop
• December 19 (O Radix Jesse)
  • St. Fausta, Mother of St. Anastasia, Martyr
  • SS. Nemesius and Companions, Martyrs
  • Pope Bl. Urban V
• December 20 (O Clavis David)
  • St. Dominic de Silos
• December 21 (O Oriens)
  • St. Thomas the Apostle, Martyr
• December 22 (O Rex Gentium)
  • St. Flavian, Father of St. Bibiana, Martyr
  • St. Ischyrion of Alexandria, Martyr
  • St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (Feast outside the United States)
• December 23 (O Emmanuel)
  • St. Yvo of Chartres
  • St. Victoria
• December 24 – Vigil of Christmas (No Meat)
  • SS. Adam and Eve, Our First Parents
• December 25 – Christmas, The Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord, Jesus Christ (Navidad)
  • Commemoration of St. Anastasia, Martyr
• December 26
  • St. Stephen, Protomartyr
• December 27
  • St. John the Apostle and Evangelist
• December 28
  • The Holy Innocents, Martyrs (Mt. ii)
  • St. Baruch (who assisted St. Jeremias the Prophet)
• December 29
  • St. David, King of Israel and Prophet
  • St. Thomas a Becket, Bishop of Canterbury and Martyr
• December 30
  • St. Sabinus, Bishop and Martyr
• December 31
  • Pope St. Sylvester I
  • St. Catherine Laboure, Mystic

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