St. Silvester, Pope (Dec. 31st)
Of the Feast Days and Saints Commemorated this week: December 28 - SOLEMNITY OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH (A) December 28 - The Holy Innocents, Martyrs December 29 - Saint Thomas Becket, Bishop and Martyr December 31 - Saint Sylvester I, Pope January 1 - SOLEMNITY OF MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD January 2 - Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church January 3 - The Most Holy Name of Jesus January 4 - SOLEMNITY OF THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD (A) January 4 - Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (USA) I’ve chosen to write about Saint Sylvester . I do so, in good part, because, in Bohemia / the Czech Republic, where my parents come from, New Year’s Celebrations are called “ St. Silvester Day .” People ask “What are you doing for (St) Sylverster’s,” TV and Radio Stations advertise their programing for (St) Sylverster’s… My sense is that this is the case across Central Europe . So who then was St. Sylvester ?...