Decem-18-acem Sogglem Santam
Menology Entry for December 18:
Feast of the Dedication of Our Lady of Marseilles, claimed for St. Lazarus of Bethany, but that seems improbable, seems to have been done by St. John Cassianus;
Dedication to the Blessed Virgin Mary, of the Primatial Cathedral of Our Lady of Toledo, December 18, 1086, on the site of the Demonarium, the "Jama Masjid," which itself was built on the site of the Church of Our Lady at Alfizen, April 13, 537 A.D., under the auspices of the King of the Visigoths Flavius Recared I (link);
Prophet St. Malachias, the last of the Old Testament prophets;
The Holy Martyrs of the Roman province of Africa, Saints Adjutor, Aristus, Artifas or Aritife, Bassa or Bessa, Ceciliana, Celianus, Christus, Datulus, Dignus, Evasius, Felicius, Felicianus, Honoratus, Lucania, Lucitas, Martyrius, Miggine (probably Migninus), Moses, Musaeus, Namfamone, Oratus, Paul, Pompinius, Privatus, Quartus, Quinctus, Reductula, Rogatianus, Rusticus, Salvator, Sanamis, Saturninus, Septiminus, Siddinus, Simplicius, Situs, Teturus, Tinnus, Victor or Victoria, Victorinus, Victurus or Victoricus, & Vincent, who suffered in the persecutions of Decius & Valerian, 251 & 253 A.D., some information has been conveyed by the Martyrology of St. Jerome, while Baronius' Authorised Roman Martyrology breaks them into two groups;
The Holy Martyrs of Carthage in Africa Saints Bodegiselle, Dignus, & Undon or Ulton, the first, being a Frank, the father of St. Arnulf of Metz, the progenitor of the Pepinids & of the Carolingians, he separated from his wife St. Oda of Amay, a Swabian, by mutual consent, to take to the religious life, settling at the Irish discipline monastery of St. Fridolin near Hilariacum near Poitiers, later renamed after St. Nabor, a name popularly corrupted to "St. Avold," the other two were perhaps also monks of St. Fridolin's, perhaps, Abbots, as he has been; another, more probable, account is that they were martyred in Carthage while returning from a diplomatic mission to Byzantium (link1 & link2);
The Holy Martyrs of Laodicea in Syria, Saints Theotimus & Basilianus;
The Holy Martyrs of Philippi, in Macedonia, Saints Rufus & Zosimus, who were of the 72 disciples of our Lord God Jesus Christ, by whom the Church was founded, their happy martyrdom is mentioned by St. Polycarp, in his epistle to the Philippians;
The Holy Martyrs of Sariego in the Kingdom of the Asturias, Saints Michael St. Roman Fernandez & Eugene Cernuda Febrero, Augustinian priests, murdered by Communist bandits December 18, 1936;
The Holy Martyrs of Sontay near Hanoi in Vietnam Saints Paul Nguyen Van My, Peter Van Truong & Peter Vu Van Truat, martyred December 18, 1838 A.D., Pope Leo XIII elevated the three catechists to the rank of the blessed, May 27, 1900, not yet canonized by a Catholic Pope (link);
St. Eubiotus of Cyzicus, an Iso-Martyr, he suffered severe torture under Diocletianus & Maximianus but did not die, his tortures ended when Constantine prevailed;
St. Moysetes, martyr in the Roman province of Africa;
The Six Mercedarian Redeemers Saints James of Lara, Louis (or Ludwig) Gasco, Bernard of Pratis, Peter of Barcelona, Peter of Quesada & William of Quadres, who, under the generalship of St. Peter of Amer, freed many Christians kidnapped by the Mahomettan Infidels, revived the faith of captives with their virtues & merits, leaving many students in sanctity, after which, they died in peace, each in their own convent;
St. Auxentius, Bishop of Mopsuestia in Cilicia, who, while he was a soldier under Licinius, preferred to resign from the military rather than to offer grapes to Bacchus; being renowned for merit, he rested in peace;
St. Desire (Desiderius, or Desideratus), Benedictine monk at St. Wandrille's Monastery at Fontanelle, died December 18, 700 A.D. (link1 & link2);
St. Flannan MacToirrdelbaig, consecrated by Pope John IV as first Bishop of Killaloe in Ireland (link);
St. Flavitus, born in the mid-6th century in Lombardy, & brought to Champagne as an enslaved prisoner of war, in 568 A.D., where his master made him intendant of his castle. After being slandered & falsely accused by his master's wife, he was able to cure them from an illness, so he was released out of gratitude. Upon being set free, he was ordained priest by St. Lupus at Sens, & retired to the solitude of Marcilly-le-Hayer, in the diocese of Troyes. He died on December 18, 630 A.D., which is his Dies Natalis or Birthday in the Lord, but his liturgical feast is set for December 16;
St. Gratian, he was one of the seven bishops consecrated & sent out by Pope St. Fabianus, from Rome, to evangelize, or to re-evangelize, Gaul: Gratianus to Tours, Trophimus to Arles, Paul to Narbonne, Saturninus to Toulouse, Dionysius (or Denis) to Paris, Stramonius to Clermont, & Marcialis to Limoges; Gratianus was a wonderworker (or thaumaturge);
St. Maunanus, his history is lost, he is reputed to have been an Irish roving bishop in Cornwall;
St. Philip, Norbertine, 3rd Bishop of Ratzeburg, died December 18, 1215 (link);
St. Samthann, also known as Samthan, &
Samthana, she fled to avoid marriage, & to consecrate her virginity, disciple of St. Cognat at Ernside, she transferred from the monastery of Urney in Tyrone, to the Abbey of Cluain-Bronac or Clonbroney in County Longford, originally founded by St. Patrick, after it's Abbess St. Fuinnech prophesied her vocation, her cult was promoted by her fellow Irish, St. Virgilius the Geometer, (one of the earliest scientists to teach that the earth is a globe), Bishop of Salzburg, she died December 18, 739 A.D. (link1 & link2);
St. Winibald, son of King St. Richard the Pilgrim (apparently a regulus) & of St. Wuna of Wessex, brother of Saints Willibald & Walpurga, nephew of St. Boniface, Abbot of the Benedictine double monastery of Heidenheim am Hahnenkamm, died at Heidenheim on December 18, 761 A.D., his liturgical feast is set for July 7 (link);
UNCANONIZED:
Nemesia, nee Julia Valle, died
December 18, 1916, at Borgaro Torinese, near Turin, not canonized by a Catholic Pope;
NO INFORMATION OR UNCERTAIN:
Florus, Bishop of Amisus, was the son of Florus & Euphemia, Christians, who provided him a fine education. He entered the imperial service, having an exceptional career under Emperors Justinus II, Tiberius II & Mauritius (565-602), holding the rank of patrician. Upon the death of his wife & children from small pox, he embraced the monastic life & withdrew to one of his estates in the vicinity of Constantinopolis. Later he was made Bishop of Amisus in the Pontus; the Cacodox celebrate him on December 18, but do not clarify if that is the Julian, or Gregorian, Calendar, or some other; the Julian currently lags 13 days behind the Gregorian, so that on December 18 Gregorian, the Cacodox celebrate the entry for December 5, while they celebrate the entry for December 18 on December 31; I haven't found anything in Catholic Calendars for Florus on December 5, 18 or 31;
Phocas & Hermilas, Martyrs by the sword, I am not able to locate any corroboration of any feast, commemoration, or any other information about them;
Michael the Arab, Syngellon & Confessor, at Constantinople (845), he opposed the Iconoclausts, but he also apparently opposed the Filioque, which would make him a Heretic, I can find no evidence that the Catholic Church ever considered him a Saint;
Nomon, I am not able to locate any corroboration of any feast, commemoration, or any other information about him;
DAMNED: See Council of Florence, Decree Cantate Domino.
Demetrius, or Daniel the Hesychast, or "Daniel Sihastrul," or Daniel "of Voronets" (link);
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.
V: Omnes vos Angeli et Sancti Dei:
R: Orate pro nobis!
