Saints of 11 December

The feast, the saints of the day, and the Roman Martyrology for 11 December.

Feasts in 2026

Friday 11 December 2026.

Ordinary Form: St Damasus I. Optional memorial, white.
1962 calendar: St. Damasus, Pope and Confessor. Third class, white.

Feasts that depend on the date of Easter fall on a different day each year.

Saints of the day

St Damasus I. Pope and patron of archaeologists.

Roman Martyrology

St Damasus, pope (Borne)

At Borne, St. Damasus, pope and confessor, who condemned the heresiarch Apollinaris, and restored to his see Peter, bishop of Alexandria, who had been driven from it. He also discovered the bodies of many holy martyrs, and wrote verses in their honor.

St Thrason

Also, at Rome, St. Thrason, who was arrested by order of Maximian for devoting his wealth to the support of the Christians who labored in the baths and at other public works, or were confined in prison. He was crowned with martyrdom with two others, Pontian and Prsetextatus.

Ss. Victoricus and Fuscian

At Amiens, the holy martyrs Victoricus and Fuscian, under the same emperor. By order of the governor Bictiovarus, they had iron pins driven into their ears and nostrils, heated nails into their temples, and arrows into their whole bodies. Being beheaded with St. Gentian, their host, they went to our Lord.

St Barsabas of Persia

In Persia, St. Barsabas, martyr.

St Eutychius of Spain

In Spain, St. Eutychius, martyr.

St Sabinus of Piacenza

At Piacenza, St. Sabinus, a bishop renowned for miracles.

St Daniel the Stylite

At Constantinople, St. Daniel the Stylite.

From the 1916 English edition of the Roman Martyrology, which is in the public domain. Saints canonised since then are added with a short note.

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