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  François XavierMemorial

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  missionnaire jésuite navarrais, cofondateur de la Compagnie de Jésus avec Ignace de Loyola

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• John DamasceneOpt. Memorial

  4 décembre

  John of Damascus or John Damascene, born Yūḥana ibn Manṣūr ibn Sarjūn, was a Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and apologist. He was born and raised in Damascus c. AD 675 or AD 676; the precise date and place of his death is not known, though tradition places it at his monastery, Mar Saba, near Jerusalem, on 4 December AD 749. A polymath whose fields of interest and contribution included law, …

• Nicholas of MyraOpt. Memorial

  6 décembre

  Saint Nicholas of Myra (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greek descent from the maritime city of Patara in Anatolia (in modern-day Antalya Province, Turkey) during the time of the Roman Empire. Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nicholas the Wonderworker. Saint Nicholas is t…

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  NicolasOpt. Memorial

  6 décembre

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  Ambroise de MilanMemorial

  7 décembre

  évêque de Milan, docteur et père de l'Église catholique

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• Juan DiegoOpt. Memorial

  9 décembre

  Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (1474–1548), also known simply as Juan Diego (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌxwanˈdjeɣo]), was a Nahua peasant and Marian visionary. He is said to have been granted apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe on four occasions in December 1531: three at the hill of Tepeyac and a fourth before don Juan de Zumárraga, then the first bishop of Mexico. The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalup…

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