Within the Octave of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God
St Pope Damasus I (c305-384) Bishop of Rome from 366-his death on 11 December 384, Confessor. During his Pontificate, Christianity was declared the official religion of the Roman state and Latin became the principal liturgical language as part of the Pope’s reforms.
Biography:
https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2017/12/11/saint-of-the-day-11-december-st-pope-damasus-i-c-305-384/
AND:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/12/11/saint-of-the-day-11-december-saint-damasus-i-c305-384-pope-confessor/
St Aithalas of Arbela
St Apseus of Arbela
St Barsabas of Persia
St Cian
St Daniel the Stylite of Constantinople (c409–493) Priest, Hermit, Monk, Abbot, miracle-worker.
His Holy Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/12/11/saint-of-the-day-11-december-saint-daniel-the-stylite-of-constantinople-c-409-493/
Bl David of Himmerod
Bl Dominic Yanez
St Eutychius the Martyr
St Fidweten
Blessed Francesco Lippi O.Carm (1211-1291) Carmelite Friar, Hermit, Mystic, Penitent, graced with the gift of prophesy.
A Life of Penitence:
https://anastpaul.com/2019/12/11/saint-of-the-day-11-december-blessed-francesco-lippi-o-carm-1211-1291/
Blessed Hugolinus Magalotti OFM Died 1373) Hermit
Blessed Jerome Ranuzzi OSM (c 1410-c 1468) “The Angel of Good Counsel,” “The Blessed Bachelor,” Priest and Friar of the Order of the Servants of Mary, the Servites, Theologian, Adviser both spiritual and secular, renowned for his learning and scholarship, Penitent and Hermit with a great love of solitude and silence. His body is incorrupt and is still available for veneration in St Mary of the Servites, Urbano, Italy. His cult was confirmed on 1 April 1775 by Pope Pius VI with the title of Blessed.
The Roman Martyrology states: “In Sant’Angelo in Vado always in the Marches, Blessed Girolamo, Priest of the Order of the Servants of Mary, who in solitude and silence reached the wisdom of holiness.”
The Angel of Good Counsel:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/12/11/saint-of-the-day-11-december-blessed-jerome-ranuzzi-osm-c-1410-c-1468-the-angel-of-good-counsel/
St Pens
St Sabinus (Died c420) Bishop of Piacenza , learned Defender of the Faith against heretics, Miracle-worker. Friend and assistant to St Ambrose.
The Roman Martyrology states today: “At Piacenza, St Sabinus, a Bishop, renowned for miracles.”
Beloved Sabinus:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/12/11/saint-of-the-day-11-december-saint-sabinus-of-piacenza-died-c420-bishop/
Blessed Severin Ott O.Praem. (1627-1708) Priest and Friar of the Norbertines or Premonstratensians.
Martyrs of Saint Aux-Bois – 3 Saints: Two Christian missionaries and one of their local defenders who faith in the persecutions of governor Rictiovarus – Fuscian, Gentian and Victoricus. They were beheaded in 287 in Saint Aux-Bois, Gaul (in modern France).
Martyrs of Rome – 3 Saints: Three Christians murdered in the persecutions of Diocletian for giving aid to Christian prisoners – Pontian, Practextatus and Trason. They were imperial Roman citizens. They were martyred in c 303 in Rome, Italy.
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