From A to Z; Saints galore

St. Amaswinthus  

 

 

 

                        

Feastday: December 22
Died: 982

Abbot in Andalusia, Spain. All that is recorded of him is that he was a monk and abbot for forty-four years in the Andalusian monastery of Silva de Malaga.

 

 

 

 

 

       

St. Zeno 

 

 

 

                  

Feastday: December 22
Died: 303

Zeno (d. 303) + Martyred soldier at Nicomedia (modern Turkey). He was seized and condemned to death for laughing while Emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305) offered a sacrifice to the Roman god Ceres. Zeno had his jaws shattered and was then beheaded. Feast day: December 22.