Saints

• Prophet Nahum
  Nahum
  Nahum was a minor prophet whose prophecy is recorded in the Hebrew Bible. His book comes in chronological order between Micah and Habakkuk in the Bible. He wrote about the end of the Assyrian Empire, and its capital city, Nineveh, in a vivid poetic style....
  
   (7th c. b.c.)
• St. Onesimus, Archbishop of Ephesus (c.107-17)
• Saints Ananias and Solochonus, Archbishops of Ephesus.
• Saint Castritian
  Castritian
  Castritian was Bishop of Milan in mid 3rd-century. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is on December 1.-Life:...
  
  , predecessor of St Calimerius as Bishop of Milan, was bishop for forty-two years (137)
• Hieromartyrs Diodorus and Marianus, and Companions, martyrs in Rome under Numerian
  Numerian
  Numerian , was a Roman Emperor from 282 to 284 with his older brother Carinus. They were sons of Carus, a general raised to the office of praetorian prefect under Emperor Probus in 282.-Reign:...
  
   (c.283)
• Martyr Olympiades (Olympias), a noble from Rome (ex-consul) martyred in Amelia in Italy under Diocletian (c.303)
• Saint Ansanus
  Ansanus
  Saint Ansanus , called The Baptizer or The Apostle of Siena, is the patron saint of Siena, a scion of the Anician family of Rome.-Legend:...
  
  , called The Baptizer or The Apostle of Siena (304)
• Martyrs Lucius, Rogatus, Cassian and Candida, in Rome.
• Hieromartyr Ananias of Persia (345)
• Saint Ursicinus of Brescia
  Ursicinus of Brescia
  Ursicinus of Brescia was an Italian saint, and bishop of Brescia in Lombardy. He participated in the council of Sardica in 347, in which year he died; his shrine may still be seen. His feast day is December 1.-Sources:*...
  
  , Bishop of Brescia in Italy, he took part in the Council of Sardica
  Council of Sardica
  The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv is a Roman Catholic diocese of the Latin Rite, which includes the whole southern part of Bulgaria. The remainder of Bulgaria is comprised in the Diocese of Nicopoli. The seat of the episcopal see is in Plovdiv. The diocese is immediately subject of...
  
   (347)
• Hieromartyr Evasius, first Bishop of Asti in Piedmont in Italy, martyred under Julian the Apostate (c.362)
• Saint Leontius of Fréjus
  Leontius of Fréjus
  Saint Leontius was a bishop of Fréjus, in Provence. He was born probably at Nîmes, towards the end of the fourth century; he died in his episcopal town in 488, according to some authorities, though others say 443 or even 448...
  
  , Bishop of Fréjus in France from c.419 to c.432, a great friend of St John Cassian who dedicated his first ten Conferences to him (c.432)
• Saint Candres of Maastricht, bishop who enlightened the Maastricht area (5th c.)
• Hieromartyr Proculus of Narni or Terni, martyred by Totila, King of the Goths (c.542)
• Saint Constantian, born in Auvergne, he became a monk at Micy
  Micy
  Saint-Mesmin de Micy Abbey, sometimes referred to as Micy, was an abbey near Orléans at the confluence of the Loire and the Loiret, located on the territory of today's commune of Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin. It was founded around 501 AD. The land upon which it was built was granted by Clovis I to...
  
   (Orleans), and founded a monastery at Javron
  Javron-les-Chapelles
  Javron-les-Chapelles is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France.-See also:*Communes of the Mayenne department...
  
   (c.570)
• Saint Agericus (Aguy, Airy), Bishop, successor of St Desiderius in Verdun in France (591)
• Saint Eligius
  Saint Eligius
  Saint Eligius is the patron saint of goldsmiths, other metalworkers, and coin collectors. He is also the patron saint of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers , a corps of the British Army, but he is best known for being the patron saint of horses and those who work with them...
  
   (Eloi, Eloy), Bishop of Noyon
  Ancient Diocese of Noyon
  The former French Catholic diocese of Noyon lay in the north-east of France, around Noyon. It was formed when Saint Medardus moved the seat of the bishopric at Vermandois to Noyon, in the sixth century. For four centuries it was united with the bishopric of Tournai...
  
   (Neth.) (660)
• Saint Grwst
  Saint Grwst
  Saint Grwst the Confessor was a 6th and 7th century saint operating in the Welsh Kingdom of Gwynedd.-Family:...
  
   the Confessor, in the Welsh Kingdom of Gwynedd
  Kingdom of Gwynedd
  Gwynedd was one petty kingdom of several Welsh successor states which emerged in 5th-century post-Roman Britain in the Early Middle Ages, and later evolved into a principality during the High Middle Ages. It was based on the former Brythonic tribal lands of the Ordovices, Gangani, and the...
  
   (7th c.)
• Righteous Philaret the Merciful, of Amnia in Asia Minor (792)
• Saint Anthony the New, monk of Kios in Bithynia (865)
• Saint Theoklitos, Archbishop of Sparta (Lakedaimonias) (870)

Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics of Saint Botolph (Botwulf of Thorney), Abbot and Confessor, of Ikanhoe, England (680)
• Repose of Righteous Virgin Barbara (Shulaeva) of Pilna (1980)

Sources

• December 1/14. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• December 14 / December 1. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A a parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
• December 1. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• December 1. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• December 1. The Roman Martyrology.

• Great Synaxaristes
  Synaxarium
  Synaxarion, Synexarion, pl. Synaxaria —Latin: Synaxarium, Synexarium—the name given in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches to a compilation of hagiographies corresponding roughly to the martyrology of the Roman Church.There are two kinds of synaxaria:*Simple...
  
  : 1 ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.