December Saints
December 3 - St. Francis Xavier
St. Francis Xavier is the patron saint of Roman Catholic Missions.
​December 4 - St. John Damascene
St. John Damascene is the patron saint of painters, people missing limbs and pharmacists.
December 6 - St. Nicholas
​St. Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, and students in various cities and countries around Europe.
December 7 - St. Ambrose
St. Ambrose is the patron saint of is the patron saint of beekeepers, beggars, learning, and Milan.
December 9 - St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin
St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin is the patron saint of Indigenous peoples.
December 12 - Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady of Guadalupe is the patron saint of Mexico and the Patroness of the Americas.
December 13 - St. Lucy
St. Lucy is the patron saint of the blind and those with eye trouble.
December 14 - St. John of the Cross
St. John of the Cross is the patron saint of mystics and Spanish poets.
December 23 - St. John of Kanty (John Cantius)
St. John of Kanty is the patron saints of Poland and Lithuania.
December 26 - St. Stephen
​St. Stephen is the patron saint of bricklayers and stonemasons.
St. Denis - October 9
St. Maria Goretti is the patron saint of purity, young women, and victims of assault.
St. Francois de Laval - May 6
St. Francois de Laval - May 6
December 27 - St. John, the Apostle and Evangelist
St. John is the patron saint of love, loyalty, friendships, and authors.
December 31 - St. Sylvester I
St. Sylvester I is the patron saint of the chivalric order called the Militia Aurata, or “of the Golden Spur.”
