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December 11
Saint Damasus I, Pope
Optional Memorial
Damasus was born in Spain around the year 305. He was admitted to the Roman clergy and in 366, during a period of upheaval in the Church, was ordained bishop of Rome. He summoned synods to work against the schismatics and heretics and widely promoted the cult of martyrs whose burial places he adorned with sacred verse. He died in 384.
Father,
as Saint Damasus loved and honored your martyrs,
so may we continue to celebrate their witness for Christ,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.[1]
[1] Short biography of Saint Damasus I, Pope and concluding prayer from Liturgy of the Hours vol I, page 1237
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