Saints of the day december 8
Immaculate Conception of Mary
immaculate conception The Feast is celebrated with great emphasis among Catholics today but its official solemnity is very recent. The first signs of its celebration appear in the East between the 7th and 8th centuries. It takes time to reach Western Europe, until we find the feast in the liturgical calendar of Rome in 1476. The immaculate conception of Mary was finally solemnly declared as truth of faith defined by Pope Pius IX on December 8, 1854. Twenty-five years later, Pope Leo XIII elevated the liturgical celebration to the highest rank. The date chosen is related to the September 8, the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin. Between the Immaculate Conception and the Nativity is given the same dependence between the Annunciation and Christmas.
Celebrate today: Imma, Immaculada, Inma, Inmaculada.
View moreSaint Romarico (s. VII)
In the monte en el monte vosego Vosegus (Remiremont today), in Burgundy, saint Romarico, Abbot, who, being noble of the Teudeberto King, retired to the monastery of Luxueil and later founded a monastery on his property, who he directed.
Saint Eucharius (s. III)
Saint Patapio (s. VI)
Commemoration of St. Patápio, solo, who hails from la Tebaida, he lived in Constantinople, in Blaquernas, and was buried in the monastery of the Egyptians (s. V/VI).
Saint Teobaldo of Marliaco (s. XIII)
In the monastery of Vaux-de-Cernay, in the Paris region, saint Teobaldo de Marliaco, Abbot of the Cistercian order, serving the most humble to his brothers.
Saint Macario (s. III)
In Alexandria, in Egypt, commemoration of saint Macario, martyr, who, in the time of Emperor Decio, advise the judge with many reasons that renegase of Christ, he professed faith, with greater consistency for which reason was finally burned alive.