SAINTS DECEMBER 15

SAINTS DECEMBER 15

ST. VALERIAN, BISHOP IN AFRICA AND MARTYR. Bishop of Abbenza (Tunisia), he bore witness to Jesus Christ, true God and true man, during the persecution of the Vandals. The Arian heretic King Genseric forced Valerian to live on the street, though he was eighty, for refusing to hand over the Church’s sacred vessels. He died of his hardship.  Dec. 15

St. Florentius, 7th century. Abbot of Bangor Monastery in Ireland also called Flann. He was part of the great monastic program of evangelization and protection of the arts.

Saint Virginia Centurione Bracelli, Roman Catholic Nun, Feastday Dec. 15