saturnalia
saturnalia
Saturn. The 25th of December was called Saturnalia in pre-Christian times.
In Roman Catholicism, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
The feast of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist is on December 27 in the Roman Catholic Chruch.
On the Roman calendar, December 26 is the feast day of Saint Stephen the First Martyr.
December 25 was originally a Roman feast. When the Romans became Christian, they "Christianized" the holiday.
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Roman Catholic AnswerSaint John, the apostle. his feast day is 27 December.
His feast day is on December 6.
Roman Catholic answerThe 12 of December is Mexico's most important religious holiday. The day in the year 1531 when the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego and asked for a church to be built there so she could be close to the people.
The feast day of Saint Anastasia of Sirmium is on December 25.
Traditionally it was December 4th, but her feast day has been removed from the Liturgical calendar in the Roman Rite because there isn't any evidence of her being a real person.