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23 December: Saint John of Kanty, Priest – optional memorial; 25 December: Nativity of the Lord – solemnity; 26 December: Saint Stephen, the First Martyr – feast; 27 December: Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist – feast; 28 December: The Holy Innocents, Martyrs – feast; 29 December: Saint Thomas Becket, Bishop and Martyr – optional ...
Pope Urban V (Latin: Urbanus V; 1310 – 19 December 1370), born Guillaume de Grimoard, was the head of the Catholic Church from 28 September 1362 until his death, in December 1370 and was also a member of the Order of Saint Benedict. He was the only Avignon pope to be beatified.
The Feast of Saint Nicholas, the Bishop of Myra in Lycia (December 6) The Feast of the Conception of Mary by Saints Joachim and Anne (December 9) The Feast of Saint Spiridon (December 12) The Feast of Saint Stephen the Deacon (December 27) The Feast of Saint Basil the Great and the Circumcision of Christ (January 1)
The feast was solemnized as a holy day of obligation on 6 December 1708, [1] by the papal bull Commissi Nobis Divinitus of Pope Clement XI. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is celebrated with Masses, parades, fireworks, processions, food and cultural festivities in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Catholic countries .
28 December Feast of the Holy Innocents (fourth day of Christmastide) Jeremiah 31:15–17 Psalm 124 (7) 1 Peter 4:12–19 Matthew 2:13–18 1 Jn 1:5—2:2/Mt 2:13–18 29 December Feast of Saint Thomas Becket (fifth day of Christmastide) 1 Chronicles 28:1–10 1 Corinthians 3:10–17 Psalm 147:12–20 1 Jn 2:3-11/Lk 2:22–35 30 December
The feast day on Dec. 12 marks the miracle that took place almost 500 years ago, according to the Catholic Church, when the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared several times to an Indigenous peasant near ...
28 December: Feast of the Holy Innocents; 29-31 December: days within the octave, with assigned readings and prayers, on which the celebration of optional memorials is permitted according to special rubrics (but as noted above, when Christmas is a Sunday, the Feast of the Holy Family is celebrated on December 30) 1 January, octave day of the ...
Saint Stephen's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Stephen, is a Christian saint's day to commemorate Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr or protomartyr, celebrated on 26 December in Western Christianity and 27 December in Eastern Christianity.