Saints of 13 December
The feast, the saints of the day, and the Roman Martyrology for 13 December.
Feasts in 2026
Sunday 13 December 2026.
- Ordinary Form: 3rd Sunday of Advent. Feast, violet. Also kept: St Lucy.
- 1962 calendar: Third Sunday of Advent. First class, violet. Also kept: S. Luciae Virginis et Martyris.
Feasts that depend on the date of Easter fall on a different day each year.
Saints of the day
- St Lucy. Virgin and martyr of Syracuse.
Roman Martyrology
St Lucy, virgin and martyr (Syracuse)
At Syracuse, in Sicily, the birthday of St. Lucy, virgin and martyr, in the persecution of Diocletian. By the order of the ex-consul Paschasius, she was delivered to profligates, that her chastity might be insulted; but when they attempted to lead her away, they could not succeed, either with ropes or with many yoke of oxen. Then pouring hot pitch, rosin, and boiling oil over her body without injuring her, they finally plunged a sword into her throat, and thus completed her martyrdom.
Ss. Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius, and Orestes
In Armenia, the martyrdom of the holy martyrs Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius, and Orestes, in the persecution of Diocletian. Eustratius was first subjected alone to barbarous torments under Lysias. Then he was conducted to Sebaste, where he was tortured together with Orestes under the governor Agricolaus, and being cast into a furnace, yielded up his soul; but Orestes being laid on a bed of red-hot iron, rendered his sould to God. The others were made to endure most grievous torments among the Arabraci, under the governor Lysias, and consummated their martyrdom in different manners. Their relics were afterwards carried to Rome, and placed with due honors in the church of St. Apollinaris.
St Antiochus of Sardinia
Near Sardinia, in the island of Solta, the martyrdom of St. Antiochus, under the emperor Adrian.
St Aubertus of Cambrai
At Cambrai, in France, St. Aubertus, bishop and confessor.
St Judocus of Ponthieu
In Ponthieu, St. Judocus, confessor.
St Othilia of Alsace
In Alsace, St. Othilia, abbess.
St Jane (Moulins)
At Moulins, in France, the birthday of St. Jane Frances Fremiot de Chantal, foundress of the nuns of the Visitation of St. Mary, distinguished by the nobility of her birth, by the holiness she constantly manifested in four different states of life, and by the gift of miracles. She was placed among the saints by Clement XIII. Her sacred body was conveyed to Annecy, in Savoy, and interred with great pomp in the first church of her Order. By the command of Clement XIV., her festival is kept by the whole Church on the 21st of August.
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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