December 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Saints

• Prophet Nahum
• St. Onesimus, Archbishop of Ephesus
• Saints Ananias and Solochonus, Archbishops of Ephesus.
• Hieromartyr Ananias of Persia
• Saint Porphyrios, Patriarch of Antioch
• Righteous Philaret the Merciful, of Amnia in Asia Minor
• Saint Anthony the New, monk of Kios in Bithynia
• Saint Theokletos, Archbishop of Sparta and Lacedaemonia

  Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Castritian, predecessor of St Calimerius as Bishop of Milan, was bishop for forty-two years
• Hieromartyrs Diodorus and Marianus, and Companions, martyrs in Rome under Numerian
• Martyr Olympiades, a noble from Rome martyred in Amelia in Italy under Diocletian
• Saint Ansanus, called The Baptizer or The Apostle of Siena
• Martyrs Lucius, Rogatus, Cassian and Candida, in Rome.
• Saint Ursicinus of Brescia, Bishop of Brescia in Italy, he took part in the Council of Sardica
• Hieromartyr Evasius, first Bishop of Asti in Piedmont in Italy, martyred under Julian the Apostate
• Saint Leontius of Fréjus, Bishop of Fréjus in France from c. 419 to c. 432, a great friend of St John Cassian who dedicated his first ten Conferences to him
• Saint Candres of Maastricht, bishop who enlightened the Maastricht area
• Hieromartyr Proculus of Narni or Terni, martyred by Totila, King of the Goths
• Saint Constantian, born in Auvergne, he became a monk at Micy, and founded a monastery at Javron
• Saint Agericus, Bishop, successor of St Desiderius in Verdun in France
• Saint Eligius, Bishop of Noyon
• Saint Grwst the Confessor, in the Welsh Kingdom of Gwynedd

  Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics of Saint Botolph, Abbot and Confessor, of Ikanhoe, England
• Repose of Righteous Virgin Barbara of Pilna

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