Saints of December 23

The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist — Fides Viva illustration after Juan de Flandes, “The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist” · original work

Wednesday, December 23, 2026

December 23

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Year I
Psalter week 4

Optional memorial: Saint John of Kanty, Priest

Gospel · Lk 1:57-66

John the Baptist is born: "John is his name," and Zechariah’s tongue is loosed

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What an one, think ye, shall this child be?

Lk 1:66 · Gospel of the day

Saint Antônio de Sant'Ana Galvão
Saint John Cantius
Saint Asclepius of Limoges
Saint Thorlak of Iceland
Saint Dagobert II
Saint Ivo of Chartres
Saint Servulus of Rome

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