Saint Sabbas: Born: 439 Died: 531 or 532
Attributes: Clothed as a monk, often holding an abbot’s staff
Saint of the Day – December 4 – Saint Peter Chrysologus
Saint Peter Chrysologus: Born: 406 Died: ~450
Quote: Anyone who wishes to frolic with the devil cannot rejoice with Christ.
~Saint Peter Chrysologus
Saint of the Day – December 3 – Saint Francis Xavier
Saint Francis Xavier: Born: 7 April 1506 Died: 3 December 1552 (aged 46)
Canonized: 12 March 1622 by Pope Gregory XV
Patronage: African missions; foreign missions; black missions; missionaries; navigators; parish missions; plague epidemics; Propagation of the Faith; many location around the world including: India, South Africa, China, and Spain
Saint of the Day – December 2 – Saint Bibiana, Virgin and Martyr
Saint Bibiana: Born: 4th century Died: ~360
Patronage: parish, epilepsy, epileptics, hangovers, headaches, insanity, mental illness, mentally ill people, single laywomen, torture victims
Saint of the Day – December 1 – Saint Eligius
Saint Eligius: Born: 11 June 588 Died: ~665
Patronage: Cartwrights; clockmakers; coin collectors; craftsmen; cutlers; exercise riders and grooms; gilders; goldsmiths; harness makers; horses; jewelers; jockeys; knife makers; laborers; locksmiths; metalworkers in general; miners; minters; Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers; Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers; saddlers; toolmakers; veterinarians; watchmakers
Saint of the Day – November 30 – Saint Andrew, Apostle
Saint Andrew: Born 5; Died 60/70
Patronage: Scotland, Barbados, Georgia, Ukraine, Russia, Greece, Cyprus, Romania, Patras, Burgundy, San Andrés (Tenerife), Diocese of Parañaque, Candaba, Pampanga, Masinloc, Telhado, Sarzana, Pienza, Amalfi, Malta, Manila and Prussia; Diocese of Victoria; fishermen, fishmongers and rope-makers, textile workers, singers, miners, maidens, old maids butchers, farm workers, protection against sore throats, protection against convulsions, protection against fever, protection against whooping cough, Russian Navy, unmarried women; women who wish to become mothers
Saint of the Day – November 29 – Saint Saturninus, Bishop
Saint of the Day – November 30 – Saint Andrew, Apostle
Saint Andrew: Born: 5; Died: 60/70
Patronage: Scotland, Barbados, Georgia, Ukraine, Russia, Greece, Cyprus, Romania, Patras, Burgundy, San Andrés (Tenerife), Diocese of Parañaque, Candaba, Pampanga, Masinloc, Telhado, Sarzana, Pienza, Amalfi, Malta, Manila and Prussia; Diocese of Victoria; fishermen, fishmongers and rope-makers, textile workers, singers, miners, maidens, old maids butchers, farm workers, protection against sore throats, protection against convulsions, protection against fever, protection against whooping cough, Russian Navy, unmarried women; women who wish to become mothers
Saint of the Day – November 29 – Saint Saturninus, Bishop of Toulouse, Martyr
Saint of the Day – November 28 – Saint Catherine Laboure
Saint Catherine Laboure: Born May 2, 1806; Died: December 31, 1876 (age 70)
Canonized: July 27, 1947, by Pope Pius XII