December 16

THE CHURCHES REMEMBER...

WESTERN CATHOLICS:
John of Kety (d. 1473), priest (Ambrosian calendar)

COPTS AND ETHIOPIANS (7 kiyahk/tahsas):
Matthew the Poor, monk in High Egypt (Coptic Orthodox Church)
Heraclius (d. ca. 248), patriarch of Alexandria (Coptic Catholic Church)

LUTHERANS:
Adelaide (d. 999), empress, Otto I's wife

MARONITES:
Haggai (6th cent. BC), prophet

ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS AND GREEK CATHOLICS:
Haggai, prophet

OLD CATHOLICS:
Adelaide, empress