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Saints in December: the calendar day by day

Every day in December with its General Roman Calendar celebration, liturgical rank and colour.

1Weekday with no proper memorial
2Weekday with no proper memorial
3
  • Saint Francis Xavier, Priest · Memorial · white
4
  • Saint John Damascene, Priest and Doctor of the Church · Optional memorial · white
5Weekday with no proper memorial
6
7
  • Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church · Memorial · white
8
  • The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary · Solemnity · white
9
  • Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin · Optional memorial · white
10
  • Blessed Virgin Mary of Loreto · Optional memorial · white
11
  • Saint Damasus I, Pope · Optional memorial · white
12
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe · Optional memorial · white
13
  • Saint Lucy of Syracuse, Virgin and Martyr · Memorial · white / red
14
  • Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church · Memorial · white
15Weekday with no proper memorial
16Weekday with no proper memorial
17Weekday with no proper memorial
18Weekday with no proper memorial
19Weekday with no proper memorial
20Weekday with no proper memorial
21
  • Saint Peter Canisius, Priest and Doctor of the Church · Commemoration · white
22Weekday with no proper memorial
23
  • Saint John of Kanty, Priest · Commemoration · white
24Weekday with no proper memorial
25
  • Christmas · Celebration with precedence over solemnities · white
26
  • Saint Stephen, The First Martyr · Feast · red
27
  • Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist · Feast · white
28
  • The Holy Innocents, Martyrs · Feast · red
29
  • Saint Thomas Becket, Bishop and Martyr · Commemoration · white / red
30Weekday with no proper memorial
31
  • Saint Sylvester I, Pope · Commemoration · white

This month on the sanctoral

What December's calendar holds

December has 19 of its 31 days carrying a fixed celebration on this calendar, and 5 of those dates reach feast or solemnity rank.

The twelve months

Saints with their own page

This page follows the General Roman Calendar. It is not an official publication of the Holy See. The dates, the liturgical rank and the colour come from LitCal, an open community project (Apache-2.0 licence), and the text is ours, written from open sources. For your diocese or parish calendar, ask your diocese.

Your diocesan, national or religious-order calendar may list other saints on these days, in addition to those of the General Roman Calendar.