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Saints of 4 August

33 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 4 August, with short facts.

Saints (18)

  • St. Jean-Marie Vianney Born: 8 May 1786 at Dardilly, Lyons, France. Died: 4 August 1859 at Ars, France. Canonized: 31 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI. Also called Curé of Ars, Jean Baptiste Marie Vianney, Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, Jean-Baptiste Vianney, and John Baptist Vianney.
  • St. Agabius of Verona Died: c.250.
  • St. Aristarchus of Thessalonica Born: Thessalonica. Died: beheaded in the 1st century in Rome, Italy. Also called Aristarco, Aristarque, and Arystarch.
  • St. Crescentio of Rome
  • St. Eleutherius of Bithynia Died: beheaded c.305 in Bithynia. Also called Eleutherius of Tarso, Eleutherius of Tarsius, and Eleuterio of....
  • St. Epiphanes of Besançon
  • St. Euphronius of Tours Born: 530. Died: 573. Also called Eufronio.
  • St. Hyacinth of Rome Also called Giacinto, Jacinto.
  • St. Ia of Persia Born: Greek. Died: tortured.
  • St. Isidore of Besançon
  • St. Justin of Rome
  • St. Lua of Limerick Born: 554 in Limerick, Ireland. Died: c.609. Also called Lugid, Molua.
  • St. Onofrio of Panaia Died: 995. Also called Onofrio Catanzaro, Onofrio the Hermit, and Onofre....
  • St. Perpetua of Rome Died: c.80.
  • St. Protasius of Cologne
  • St. Rainerio of Split Died: stoned to death in Split, Dalmatia (in modern Croatia).
  • St. Sithney Born: in the British Isles. Died: c.529. Patronage: against hydrophobia, against rabies, against mad dogs, and Sithney, Cornwall, England. Also called Sezin, Sezni.
  • St. Tertullinus of Rome Died: 257.

Blessed (8)

  • Blessed Enrico Angelo Angelelli Carletti Born: 18 July 1923 in Córdoba, Argentina. Beatified: 27 April 2019 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Frédéric Janssone Born: 19 November 1838 in Ghyvelde, Nord, France. Died: 4 August 1916 in the Franciscan Infirmary in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Beatified: 25 September 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Patronage: Secular Franciscan Regional Fraternity of Eastern Canada.
  • Blessed Gil Rodicio y Rodicio Born: 20 March 1888 in Requero, Orense, Spain. Died: 4 August 1936 in Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Gonzalo Gonzalo y Gonzalo Born: 24 February 1909 in Conquezuela, Soria, Spain. Died: shot on 4 August 1936 in Madrid, Spain. Beatified: 25 October 1992 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Ioan Bãlan Born: 11 February 1880 in Teius, Alba, Romania. Died: 4 August 1959 in Bucharest, Romania. Beatified: 2 June 2019 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Josep Batalla Parramon Born: 15 January 1873 in Abella, Lleida, Spain. Died: 4 August 1936 in Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Josep Rabasa Betanachs Born: 26 July 1862 in Noves, Lleida, Spain. Died: 4 August 1936 in Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed William Horne Died: hanged. Beatified: 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII.

Other (7)

  • Antonio Arrue Peirano
  • Berchan
  • Bertha of Cavriglia
  • Cecilia Cesarini
  • Egidio of Seville
  • Henryk Jozef Krzysztofik
  • John of the Cross

This list combines the Vatican News “Saint of the day” pages with a long-form calendar of saints, blessed, and feasts (credited on our Resources page). Calendars differ, so a note marks each place the sources disagree. This is not the General Roman Calendar. Resources · Sources & method

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