This is the Saint of the Day list of Saints and Blesseds whose feast day is December 15 2024.
👉 Saint Virginia Centurione Bracelli
Saint Mary di Rosa
Blessed Victoria Strata
Blessed Charles Steeb
Blessed Marino of Cava
Saint Paul of Latros
Blessed Ramón Eirin Mayo
Blessed Ramón Eirin Mayo studied at the Salesian College in La Coruña, Spain, and became a member of the Salesians, professing his vows on October 10 1930.
He furthered his studies in Italy and later taught in Madrid. During the anti-Catholic persecutions of the Spanish Civil War, when his school was closed, he dedicated himself to working in a hospital.
However, he was eventually captured by anti-Christian forces and became a martyr. Born on August 26 1911 in La Coruña, Spain, he was shot and killed on December 15 1936 in Madrid.
He was beatified on October 28 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
Blessed Pau Gracia Sánchez
Blessed Pau Gracia Sanchez was born on March 23 1892 in Lleida, Spain. He was a member of the Salesians taking his vows on July 25 1920.
He was martyred in the anti-Catholic persecutions of the Spanish Civil War.
He died after being shot in Madrid, Spain on December 15 1936. Pope Benedict XVI beatified him on October 28 2007.
Saint Christiana the Slave
St. Christiana the Slave was a fourth-century Christian maiden who was kidnapped and enslaved by the pagan Iberi around the Caspian and the Black Seas.
Her real name remains a mystery but she was called Christiana because she refused to give up her faith.
Having performed miracles by praying, Christiana converted members of the Iberi royal family who sent Emperor Constantine for priests and missionaries to convert their people.
Saint Maximinus of Micy
St Maximinus of Micy was born in Verdun, France and was also known as Maximin or Mesmin. He was the nephew of St. Euspicius.
He was the co-founder and first abbot of the Abbey of Micy, France on land donated by King Clovis.
Legend says that at one point he prayed a dragon into submission and later, spent his years as a hermit in the dragon’s former cave. He died in 520 AD due to natural causes.
Saint Valerian of Abbenza
St Valerian of Abbenza was born in 377 AD. He has an additional memorial on November 28 as one of the Martyrs of North Africa.
He was a bishop of Abbenza in North Africa. Arian Vandals demanded that he turn over his sacred vessels to them and when he refused, he was exiled with a public order that no one was permitted to shelter him.
He died as a martyr in 457 AD due to exposure.
Saint Margaret of Fontana
St Margaret of Fontana was born in 1440 AD in Modena, Italy. She was a pious youth and a Dominican tertiary.
She was devoted to the sick and poor, spending whole nights praying over the sick in her care.
Miraculous healings were reported. She drove away demons by making the Sign of the Cross. She is the patron saint of possessed people and women in labour. She died in 1513 AD.
Saint Adalbero of Metz
St Adalbero was also known as Adalbero of Verdun. He was born to the nobility and studied at Gorze Abbey.
He was a benedictine monk and a bishop of Verdun, France in 984 AD, and bishop of Metz later that same year.
He founded several Cluniac monasteries in his diocese and helped in the revitalization of Gorze. He died due to natural causes in 1005 AD.
Blessed Mary of Peace
Blessed Mary of Peace was a Mercedarian tertiary who lived in the monastery of Holy Mary in Granada, Spain.
She was a miracle worker. She was interred in the church of the Monastery of Holy Mary, Granada, Spain. She died in 1606 AD due to natural causes.
Saint Florentius of Bangor
St Florentius of Bangor was also known as Flann or Florence. He was an abbot of Bangor Abbey, Ireland.
One of the leaders of the great monastic program of evangelization and protection of the arts in Ireland. He died in the 7th century AD.
Blessed Marco of Jativa
Blessed Marco of Jativa was a soldier, knight, and officer. He was a mercedarian friar at the convent of San Matteo, Jativa, Spain.
Saint Silvia of Constantinople
St Silvia of Constantinople was also known as Silviana or Sylvia.
She was considered the most learned woman of her day. She fought against heresies and died in 420 AD.
Saint Offa of Essex
St Offa of Essex was the King of Essex in England. He gave up the crown to become a monk in Rome, Italy. He died in 709 AD.
Blessed Julia of Arezzo
Blessed Julia of Arezzo was a Camaldolese nun in Arezzo, Italy.
Martyrs of Drina
Martyrs of Drina were also known as Daughters of Divine Charity of Drina or Drina Martyrs.
They were five members of the Daughters of Divine Charity who were martyred while fighting off Chetnik rapists.
They died in 1941 in December in Gorazde, Bosansko-Podrinjski, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Pope Benedict XVI beatified them on September 24 2011 at the Olimpijska Dvorana Zetra, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato.
Their names are;
- Jozefa Bojanc
- Terezija Banja
- Kata Ivanisevic
- Karoline Anna Leidenix
- Jozefa Fabjan
Martyrs of North Africa
The martyrs of North Africa were a group of Christians who were martyred together for their faith in North Africa.
Their names are;
- Caelian
- Candidus
- Faustinus
- Fortunatus
- Januarius
- Lucius
- Mark
Martyrs of Rome
Martyrs of Rome were a group of 22 Christians who were martyred together in the persecutions of Valerian. They died in 258 AD in Rome, Italy.
Their names are;
- Antonius
- Irenaeus
- Saturnin
- Theodorus
- Victor
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