Advent Saints
Saints Days Dec 8-14
Dec. 8
Zeno (saints.catholic.org/saints/zeno.html last accessed 12/01/98)
Classically educated, this bishop of Verona wrote about the virgin birth of Christ. He died in 371.
Zeno, Bishop, Confessor (members.tripod.com/%7Egunhouse/calendar/dec.htm#8 last accessed 12/01/98)
Dec. 9
The Conception of Saint Anna, Mother of the Theotokos (http://www.goarch.org/access/calendar/December/DEC_09 last accessed 12/01/98)
When an angel appeared to Anna telling her she would finally have a child, she promised to dedicate the child to God. She did and her child was the Virgin Mary.
Proculus of Verona (http://www.erols.com/saintpat/ss/1209.html last accessed 12/01/98)
Bishop of Verona who died peacefully in 320 despite having confessed his faith during the Diocletian persecutions.
Dec. 10
Menas, Hermogenes, and Eugraphos the Martyrs (http://www.goarch.org/access/calendar/December/DEC_10 last accessed 12/01/98)
Three men employed by the Emperor Maximian (286-305), but denounced, tortured, and beheaded by him when they professed their religion.
Dec. 11
St. Damascus (http://www.geocities.com/Area51/1408/Calendar.html#December last accessed 12/01/98)
304-384. Born in Rome in 304 of Spanish parents, he opposed heresies including arianism and supporting the divinity of the holy spirit; he worked on memorials for the martyrs; but his major contribution was patronage of St. Jerome and the writing of the Vulgate.
Pope St. Damascus I (http://www.erols.com/saintpat/ss/1211.html last accessed 12/01/98)
Daniel the Stylite (saints.catholic.org/saints/danielstylite.html last accessed 12/01/98)
Following St. Simeon Stylites, this Syrian born priest (409-493) preached and celebrated the Eucharist from atop his pillar.
Daniel the Stylite (http://www.goarch.org/access/calendar/December/DEC_11 last accessed 12/01/98)
Dec. 12
Saint Spyridon, Bishop of Trimythous (http://www.goarch.org/access/calendar/December/DEC_12 last accessed 12/01/98)
Before attending the first council of Nicea, this miracle working bishop was married with children.
St. Spyridon of Tremithius (http://saints.catholic.org/saints/spyridontremithius.html last accessed 12/01/98)
Hieromartyr Alexander, Bishop of Jerusalem (http://www.goarch.org/access/calendar/December/DEC_12 last accessed 12/01/98)
Bishop of Jerusalem was tortured by the Emperor Decius before being sent into a beast-filled arena to die.
Dec. 13
Martyr Lucia of Syracuse (http://www.goarch.org/access/calendar/December/DEC_13 last accessed 12/01/98)
This saint, popular in Sweden, lived in Syracuse in the early fourth century. Legends about her life focus on her adamant refusal to marry followed by her betrayal by her suitor and ultimate persecution.
St. Lucy (http://saints.catholic.org/saints/lucy.html last accessed 12/01/98)
Advent Week I
(Dec 1-7)
Advent Week II
(Dec 8-13)
Advent Week III
(Dec 14-21)
Advent Week IV
(Dec 22-24)
