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Saints of 6 August

24 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 6 August, with short facts.

Feasts (1)

  • Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Patronage: pork butchers.

Saints (7)

  • St. Gislain of Luxemburg Died: 1138. Also called Gislain of Schetzelborg, Gislain of Slebusrode, Gislain of Schelebusschrath, and Escelino, Gezzelino, Gitzelon, Schetzelón.
  • St. Glisente of Brescia Died: 796 on Mount Berzo, Brescia, Italy.
  • St. Hardulf of Breedon Died: 7th century.
  • St. James the Syrian Born: Syrian. Died: c.500.
  • St. Justus and Pastor of Alcala Born: c.291-295 in Spain. Died: scourged and beheaded in 304 at Alcala, Spain at ages 13 and 9. Patronage: Alcalá de Henares, Spain, diocese of, Alcalá, Spain, and Madrid, Spain.
  • St. Maria Francesca Rubatto Born: 14 February 1844 at Carmagnola, Turin, Italy as Anna Maria Rubatto. Died: 6 August 1904. Beatified: 10 October 1993 by Pope John Paul II. Canonized: 15 May 2022 by Pope Francis. Also called Anna Maria Rubatto, Madre Rubatto, Maria Francesca di Gesù, and Maria Francesca of Jesus.
  • St. Stephen of Cardeña Died: 872.

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Hormisdas Born: at Frosinone, Latium (southern Italy). Died: 523 at Rome, Italy.

Blessed (8)

  • Blessed Carlos López Vidal Born: 1 November 1894 in Gandía, Valencia, Spain. Died: shot on 6 August 1936 in La Pedrera de Gandia, Valencia, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Gezelin of Schlebusch Died: 29 July 1149 in Gut Alkenrath, Schlebusch, Germany. Beatified: by the bishop of Cologne, Germany (confirmation of popular cultus). Patronage: children, against epilepsy in children, against eye disorders, and against headaches. Also called Gezelin of Altenberg.
  • Blessed Goderanno Died: 6 August 1074.
  • Blessed Guillermo Sanz Died: beheaded in 1409 in Granada, Spain.
  • Blessed Josep Domènech Bonet Born: 6 September 1892 in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona, Spain. Died: 6 August 1936 in Pont de Vilamura, Manresa, Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 6 November 2021 by Pope Francis. Also called Benet of Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Benedict of Santa Coloma de Gramenet, and Giuseppe Doménech Bonet.
  • Blessed Octavian of Savona Born: c.1060 at Quingey. Died: 1132. Beatified: 1793 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmed).
  • Blessed Tadeusz Dulny Born: 8 August 1914 in Kszczonowice, Swietokrzyskie, Poland. Died: 7 August 1942 in Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Tadeo, Taddeo, Thaddeus.
  • Blessed William of Altavilla Born: France.

Martyr groups (2)

  • Martyred in the Spanish Civil War Also kept on 6 April, 20 May, 22 May, 25 July, and 92 other days in some calendars.
  • Martyrs of Cardeña Beatified: 1603 by Pope Clement VIII (cultus confirmed).

Other (5)

  • Cremete
  • Giovanna di Savoia
  • Glisente of Valcamonica
  • Matthew Bascio
  • Winthir von Neuhausen

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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