This is the Saint of the Day list of Saints and Blesseds whose feast day is December 30 2026.
Pope Saint Felix I
Saint Anysia of Salonika
Blessed Eugenia Ravasco
Blessed Giovanni Maria Boccardo
Saint Egwin of Worcester
Blessed Margaret Colonna
Born into the heights of Roman nobility around 1255, Blessed Margaret Colonna was the daughter of Prince Odo Colonna of Palestrina.
Her early life was defined by responsibility; orphaned at a young age, she stepped in to raise her two brothers. One of them, James, would eventually rise to become a Cardinal in 1278.
Despite her prestigious lineage and a high-profile marriage proposal from the chief magistrate of Rome, Margaret felt a profound calling to a life of spiritual solitude rather than worldly power.
Choosing the “better part,” she rejected the offer and retreated to her family’s castle at Castel San Pietro. There, she transformed the fortress of her birth into a sanctuary of piety, penance, and radical charity.
Margaret’s devotion was not merely internal; she was renowned for her tireless service to the poor. Her hagiography notes that her generosity was frequently met with miraculous intervention, confirming her path of self-denial.
With the support of her brother, the Cardinal, she secured papal approval to establish a community of Urbanist Poor Clares within her castle, serving as their superioress.
The final seven years of Margaret’s life were marked by intense physical suffering caused by a painful ulcer.
She embraced this trial with extraordinary resignation, viewing her illness as a means of closer union with Christ. She passed away on December 30, 1284.
Following her death, her community eventually relocated to Rome, settling at San Silvestro in Capite and later Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, where her relics are still venerated.
Her long-standing cultus was formally confirmed on September 17, 1847, by Pope Pius IX, cementing her legacy as a pillar of the Colonna family and the Franciscan tradition.
Saint Ruggero of Canne
St Ruggero of Canne was also known as Roger. He was the bishop of Canne, Italy born in the mid-11th century AD.
He lived his youthful life in great piety and became a deacon. At the age of 30, he reluctantly became the bishop of Canne, Italy.
It was widely reported that when he travelled throughout his diocese, an eagle hovered above him to shelter him from the weather.
He died December 30 1129 and was buried in the cathedral in Canne, Italy. In 1276, his relics were transferred to Barletta, Italy.
He is the patron saint of Barletta, Italy and Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie, Italy. In art, he is represented with crosier and an eagle.
Saint Geremarus
St Geremarus, also known as Germer, Geremar, or Geremaro, was born into the Frankish nobility in the 7th century in Beauvais, France.
He received his education in Beauvais and later worked alongside Saint Eloi. Geremarus was part of the court of King Dagobert I and served as an advisor to King Clovis II.
Married and a father, he eventually retired to the abbey of Pentale on the Seine with his wife’s consent.
As the abbot at Pentale, he was known for his strictness, which led to a plot against his life by a group of monks.
After resigning from this position, he chose to live as a hermit in a cave near the abbey. In 655 AD, he founded Flay Abbey between Beauvais and Rouen, which was later renamed Saint-Germer in his honour.
He died around 658 AD at Flay Abbey, likely of natural causes.
Saint Perpetuus of Tours
Saint Perpetuus of Tours also known as Perpet, Perpetue or Perpetuo was related to Saint Eustachius of Tours and Saint Volusianus of Tours.
He became bishop of Tours, France for 30 years. He is known to have restored ecclesiastical discipline in his suffragan dioceses to the point that unworthy priests were removed from service.
He built churches and monasteries. He died in 1490.
Saint Anysius of Thessalonica
Saint Anysius of Thessalonica also known as Anysius of Salonika became the bishop of Thessalonica, Macedonia in 383 AD.
He was involved in the political and religious struggles of the time and was the Vicar apostolic of Illyricum.
He defended Saint John Chrysostom during that saint’s exile. St Anysius was highly regarded by his peers, Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Ambrose of Milan, Pope Saint Innocent I, and Pope Saint Leo the Great.
He died in 410 AD.
Blessed Richard of Wedinghausen
Blessed Richard of Wedinghausen also known as Richard of Arnsberg or Richard of Anglicus was born in the early 12 century AD in Germany.
He was a member of the Premonstratensians and became Canon of the Norbertine monastery of Wedinghausen in Arnsberg, Germany.
He was a theological writer. He died in 1190 at the Norbertine monastery of Wedinghausen in Arnsberg, Germany of natural causes.
Blessed Raoul of Vaucelles
Blessed Raoul of Vaucelles also known as Radulphe, Ralph, Raul or Rodulphe was born in England. He was a benedictine Cistercian monk and spiritual student of Saint Bernard at Clairvaux Abbey.
Bernard sent him to found and govern a Cistercian abbey of Vaucelles, diocese of Cambrai, France. He died in 1152 AD of natural causes.
Saint Raynerius of Aquila
Saint Raynerius of Aquila also known as Rainer, Raniero or Rainerius became the bishop of Forconium in modern Aquila, Abruzzi region, Italy.
He was noted for his excellent administrative skills, but no details about the man have survived. In 1077 AD, he died of natural causes and was canonized by Pope Honorius III.
Saint Hermes of Moesia
Saint Hermes of Moesia also known as Ermete or Hermas was an exorcist.
He is represented in the form of a man on horseback exorcising a devil from a woman holding a rope or a man on horseback exorcising a devil from a woman holding a child.
He died in 300 AD at Moesia in modern Bulgaria.
Saint Sebastian of Esztergom
Saint Sebastian of Esztergom was a monk and became archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary in 1002 AD.
He worked with Saint Stephen to evangelize the Hungarian people. He died in 1036 AD.
Saint Eugene of Milan
Saint Eugene of Milan also known as Eugenius was the bishop of Milan, Italy.
Saint Liberius of Ravenna
Saint Liberius of Ravenna was one of the first bishops of the diocese of Ravenna, Italy. He died in 200 AD of natural causes.
Martyrs of Alexandria
Martyrs of Alexandria is a group of Christians martyred in the unrest caused by Monophysite heretics.
Their names are
- Appian
- Donatus
- Honorius
- Mansuetu
- Severus
They died in 483 AD in Alexandria, Egypt.
Martyrs of Oia
Martyrs of Oia is a group of Christians martyred together in Oia, Greece at an unknown date.
Their names are;
- Cletus
- Florentius
- Papinianus
- Paul
- Serenusa
- Stephen
Martyrs of Spoleto
Martyrs of Spoleto is a group of Christians martyred in 303 AD in Spoleto, Italy in the persecutions of Diocletian.
Their names are
- Exuperantius
- Marcellus
- Sabinus
- Venustian
Other Saints of the Day for December 30 2026
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