The seventh day of Christmas, 31st December is the feast of Pope St. Sylvester. This was a Sunday in 1065.
Saint Sylvester's Day, also known as Silvester or the Feast of Saint Sylvester, is the day of the feast of Pope Sylvester I, a saint who served as pope (bishop of Rome) from 314 to 335. Medieval legend made him responsible for the conversion of emperor Constantine. Among the Western churches, the feast day is held on the anniversary of Saint Sylvester's death, 31 December, a date that, since the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, has coincided with New Year's Eve.
…Sylvester is said to have healed, in the name of Christ, the emperor Constantine the Great of leprosy.After dying, Saint Sylvester was buried on 31 December in the Catacomb of Priscilla.[wiki]
King Edward was still in ill health and in decline. Most sources fill in this lull of activity with descriptions of his miracles.
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