Ferial–V (II)
ST. ISCHYRION, Martyr. ISCHYRION was an inferior officer who attended on a magistrate of a certain city in Egypt. His master commanded
Ferial–V (II)
ST. SERVULUS was a beggar, and had been so afflicted with palsy from his infancy that he was never able to stand,
(f/a) Vigil of the Nativity–V (I)
The vigils of Christmas, the Epiphany, and Pentecost are called vigiliae majores; they have a proper Office (semi-double), and the vigil of
Holy Day of Obligation: THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD–W (I) – St. Anastasia, Martyr–(Comm. in second Mass)
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St. Stephen, Protomartyr–R (II) – Day Within the Octave of Christmas–W (Comm.)
Traditionally venerated as the Protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity, was according to the Acts of the Apostles a deacon in the
Sunday in the Octave of Christmas–W (II) – St. John, Apostle–W (II)
John was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. He was the son of Zebedee and Salome.
The Holy Innocents, Martyrs–R (II) – Day Within the Octave of Christmas–W (Comm.)
Herod ordered the execution of all young male children in the vicinity of Bethlehem, so as to avoid the loss of his
Day Within the Octave of Christmas–W (II) – St. Thomas of Canterbury, Bishop, Martyr–R (Comm.)
Thomas was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170. He engaged in conflict with Henry II of England over
Day Within the Octave of Christmas–W (II)
ST. SABINUS, Bishop, and his Companions, Martyrs. The cruel edicts of Diocletian and Maximin against the Christians being published in the year
Day Within the Octave of Christmas–W (II) – St. Sylvester I, Pope–W (Comm.)
During the pontificate of St. Sylvester, from 314 to 335, the long persecutions in Rome came to an end, and the Church