Feasts, Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints
- Winebald, abbot
- Rufus and Zosimus, martyrs
- Gatian, bishop
- Flannan, bishop
- Samthann, abbess
St. Winebald (died ca. 761 A.D.) was the son of a West Saxon named Richard. Richard, the father of Winebald and Winebald's brother, Willibald, proceeded to Rome. On the way to Rome, Richard died at Lucca, while Winebald remained there because he became ill. His brother Willibald however went on to the Holy Land.
At Rome, Winebald proceeded to study for seven years, went back for a while to England, but returned to Rome to devote himself to a religious life. In 739 A.D., he accompanied St. Boniface back to Germany as a missionary and worked in Thuringia where he was eventually ordained. He later labored in Bavaria, spent some time with St. Boniface at Rome, and joined his brother Willibald who became bishop of Eichstatt.
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December 18 Saints in the Byzantine Calendar
- St. Sebastian and Companions
Today, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of St. Sebastian. He was martyred along with his fellow deacon-martyrs during the persecution of Christians under Emperor Diocletian. St. Sebastian is often depicted in religious art as being pierced by arrows.
In the Roman Calendar his feast is celebrated on January 20.
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