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Saints of 8 August

38 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 8 August, with short facts.

Saints (25)

  • St. Dominic de Guzmán Born: 1170 at Calaruega, Burgos, Old Castile. Died: noon 6 August 1221 at Bologna, Italy. Canonized: 13 July 1234 by Pope Gregory IX at Rieti, Italy.
  • St. Aemilian of Cyzicus Also called Emilian, Emiliano.
  • St. Altman of Passau Born: c.1020 at Paderborn, Westphalia, Germany. Died: 1091 at Gottweig, Austria. Also called Altmann, Altmanno.
  • St. Bonifacia Rodriguez Castro Born: 6 June 1837 in Salamanca, Spain. Died: 9 August 1905 in Zamora, Spain. Canonized: 23 October 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • St. Cyriacus the Martyr Died: excoriated and beheaded in 303 on the Salarian Way, Rome, Italy. Patronage: against diabolical possession, against eye disease, against temptations (especially at time of death), eyes, Altidona, Italy, and Saint-Cierges, Vaud, Switzerland.
  • St. Eleutherius of Constantinople Died: burned to death in Constantinople.
  • St. Ellidius Born: Welsh. Died: 7th century. Patronage: Hirnant, Powys, Wales. Also called Illod, Illog.
  • St. Eusebius of Milan Born: Greece. Died: c.465 in Milan, Italy. Also called Eusebio.
  • St. Famianus of Compostela Born: 1090 at Cologne, Germany. Died: 1150 at Gallese, Umbria, Italy. Also called Famian, Famiano, Quardus.
  • St. Gedeon of Besancon Died: c.796.
  • St. Hormisdas of Persia Born: Persia. Died: 420.
  • St. Largus Died: excoriated and beheaded in 303 on the Salarian Way, Rome, Italy. Also called Largo.
  • St. Leobald of Fleury Died: 650. Also called Leodebod.
  • St. Leonidas of Constantinople Died: burned to death in Constantinople.
  • St. Marinus of Anzarba Born: Cilicia, Asia Minor (modern Çukurova region of Turkey). Died: beheaded in 290 in Anzarba, Cilicia, Asia Minor (modern Çukurova region of Turkey).
  • St. Mary MacKillop Born: 15 January 1842 at Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia as Maria Ellen MacKillop. Died: 8 August 1909 at Sydney, Australia. Canonized: 17 October 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI. Patronage: Australia and Wagga Wagga, Australia, diocese of.
  • St. Mummolus of Fleury Died: c.678 in Abbey of Sante Croix de Bordeaux, Aquitaine (in modern France). Also called Mummolo, Mommolus, Mommolenus, Munmolo.
  • St. Myron the Wonder Worker Born: 250 at Raucia, Crete. Died: 350. Also called Myron of Crete.
  • St. Paulus Ge Tingzhu Born: c.1839 in Xiaotun, Shenzhou, Hebei, China. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Baolu and Paul Ke Tingzhu.
  • St. Rathard of Diessen Died: 815.
  • St. Severus of Vienne Died: c.455.
  • St. Sigrada Died: c.678.
  • St. Smaragdus Died: excoriated and beheaded in 303 on the Salarian Way, Rome, Italy. Also called Smaragdo, Smaragdos, Smaracdus, Emerald.
  • St. Ternatius of Besançon Died: c.680. Also called Terniscus.
  • St. Ultan of Crayke Born: Ireland. Died: 8th century.

Blessed (7)

  • Blessed Antero Mateo García Born: 4 March 1875 in Valdevimbre, León, Spain. Died: 8 August 1936 under the Dragón bridge in Sant Andreu de Palomar, Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Antonio Silvestre Moya Born: 26 October 1892 in L'Ollería, Valencia, Spain. Died: shot on 8 August 1936 in El Saler, Valencia, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed John Felton Born: at Bermondsey, Southwark, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation).
  • Blessed John Fingley Born: c.1553 in Barnley, Yorkshire, England. Died: 8 August 1586 in York, North Yorkshire, England. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Maria Anna Rosa Caiani Born: 2 November 1863 in Poggio a Caiano, Florence, Italy. Died: 8 August 1921 in Poggio a Caiano, Florence, Italy. Beatified: 23 April 1989 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Maria Margherita.
  • Blessed William of Castellammare di Stabia Born: Castellammare di Stabia, Naples (in modern Italy). Died: cut in two.
  • Blessed Wlodzimierz Laskowski Born: 30 January 1886 in Rogozno, Wielkopolskie, Poland. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland. Also called Vladimir.

Martyr groups (4)

  • 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 Albano Died: Albano, Italy.
  • Martyrs of El Saler Died: 8 August 1936 in El Saler, Valencia, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Martyrs of Rome Died: at the 7 mile marker.

Other (2)

  • Creswell of Città di Castello
  • Dionysius Rabinis

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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