Saint Adalbero (Adalbero II of Upper Lorraine), a monk at the monastery of Gorze in France, became Bishop of Verdun, but was transferred to Metz (1005)[16]
Saint Nectarius of Bitel (Nektarios of Bitola, Nektarij Bitolski) (1500)[19][note 5]
The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar"). The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
Bishop of Abbenza in North Africa who, aged over eighty, was left to die of exposure for refusing to give up the sacred vessels. He died under the Arian Genseric King of the Vandals.
"OFFA succeeded his father Sighere as King of the East Saxons in 704. He was a youth of most noble aspect, in the flower of his age, and most dearly beloved by his people, with the prospect of a long and happy reign. He had entered into an agreement with the family of King Penda to contract a marriage with Kyneswida, the daughter of that prince. But she had resolved to consecrate her virginity to a heavenly Spouse, and in her trouble, on hearing the designs of her kindred, had recourse to the intercession of the Queen of Virgins. Her prayer was heard, and not only was she able to maintain her purpose, but her persuasions so touched the heart of Offa, that he too chose the better part, and after a short reign of four years resigned his kingdom and went on a pilgrimage to Rome, in company with St. Egwin, Bishop of Worcester, and Kenred, King of Mercia, and nephew of the virgin Kyneswida, who had the same pious purpose as himself. In Rome, Offa took the monastic habit, and persevered in that state until called to the heavenly kingdom, on which his heart was set."[18]
By tradition he was born in Bordeaux and became a monk in France but became a prisoner of the Saracens and was taken to Spain. He managed to escape and settled as a hermit in the valley of Nocito in the Pyrenees near Huesca.
Saint Jonah of Pechenga and Kola was, as tradition tells us, a priest in the city of Kola. After the death of his daughter and wife he went off to the Pechenga-Trinity Monastery near Kola, and became a disciple of its founder, St. Tryphon. After the death of his teacher, he settled in 1583 at the site of what was to become his grave in the neighboring Dormition wilderness, where he was killed by the Swedes in the year 1590.
"On 15 December 1997, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine decreed that he should be numbered among the Saints. However in the absence of unanimity with regard to the ecclesiastical policy and the teaching of Metropolitan Peter Moghila, we have included his memory only provisionally in the Synaxarion".[26]
The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p.385
The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p.93.
Hieromonk Makarios of Simonos Petra (Ed.). THE SYNAXARION: The Lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church: VOLUME TWO - November, December. Transl. from the French by Christopher Hookway. Holy Convent of the Annunciation of Our Lady, Ormylia (Chalkidike), 1999. pp.432-434.
The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p.93.
December 15. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916.
(in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 15 Δεκεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Russian Sources
(in Russian)28 декабря (15 декабря). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).