This is the Saint of the Day list of Saints and Blesseds whose feast day falls on December 22 every year.
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
Blessed Jutta of Disibodenberg
Blessed Thomas Holland
Blessed Ottone of Toulouse
Saint Zeno of Nicomedia
Saint Flavian of Acquapendente
Saint Chaeremon of Nilopolis
Blessed Adam of Saxony
Saint Hunger of Utrecht
St. Hunger of Utrecht was also known as Hungerus Frisus. He was a priest and a bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands in 856. He fled to Roermond, then Deventer in the Netherlands, and finally Prum, Germany to escape the Norman invasio. He spent his last days in exile in Prum. He died in 866 at Prum, Germany due to natural causes.
Blessed Bertheid of Münster
Blessed Bertheid of Münster was raised in a pious family. Her brother became Bishop Hermann I of Münster, Germany. She was a nun and an abbess of Liebfrauenpfarrei which ran a school for girls born to the nobility. She died on 22nd December, 1042 in Münster, Germany
Saint Abban of New Ross
St. Abban of New Ross was born Irish. He was also known as Abhan, Evin, Ewin, Neville, Nevin or Stephen. He founded Ros-mic-treoin abbey (modern New Ross) and evangelized in the area of Wexford, Ireland. He died at Wexford, Ireland due to natural causes.
Saint Amaswinthus of Málaga
St. Amaswinthus of Málaga was also known as Amaswinthus of Silva. He was a monk and abbot for 42 years at Silva de Málaga at Andalusia, southern Spain. He died in 982.
Saint Honoratus of Toulouse
St. Honoratus of Toulouse was born in Spanish Navarre. He was also known as Onorato. He was a third century bishop of Toulouse, France. He was ordained by St. Firminus II.
Saint Athernaise of Fife
St. Athernaise of Fife was also known as Athernaise the Silent, Ethernascus or Ithernaisc. He was a confessor of the faith in Fife, Scotland.
Martyrs of Ostia
Martyrs of Ostia were a group of Christians martyred together. They died at Ostia in Italy.
Their names are;
- Demetrius
- Florus
- Honoratus
Martyrs of Rhaitu
Martyrs of Rhaitu were 43 monks martyred by Blemmyes. They died in Raithu, Egypt on an unknown date.
Martyrs of Via Lavicana
The martyrs of Via Lavicana were a group of 30 Christians martyred together in the persecutions of Diocletian. They died in 303AD in Rome, Italy. They were buried between two bay trees on the Via Lavicana outside Rome.
Other Saints Celebrated Today
- Ernan the Younger
- Eimhin of Rosglas
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