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Saints of 11 August

27 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 11 August, with short facts.

Saints (15)

  • St. Clare of Assisi Born: 16 July 1194 at Assisi, Italy. Died: 11 August 1253. Canonized: 26 September 1255 by Pope Alexander IV.
  • St. Alexander the Charcoal Burner Born: Greek. Died: burned alive c.275 at Comana (in modern Turkey). Patronage: charcoal burners. Also called Alexander of Comana, Alexander of Cuma, Alexander the Carbonaio, and Alessandro.....
  • St. Attracta of Killaraght Born: 5th century in County Sligo, Ireland. Died: 6th century in Ireland. Patronage: Achonry, Ireland, city of, Achonry, Ireland, diocese of, and Men of Lugna.
  • St. Cassian of Benevento Died: c.340.
  • St. Chromatius the Prefect
  • St. Digna of Todi Also called Degna.
  • St. Equitius of Valeria Died: c.570 at the monastery of San Lorenzo di Pizzoli. Patronage: Aquila, Italy. Also called Equizio.
  • St. Gaugericus of Cambrai Born: at Trier, Germany. Died: c.625. Patronage: Braine-le-Comte, Belgium, Brussels, Belgium, Cambrai, France, archdiocese of, and Cambrai, France, city of. Also called Djèri, Gau, Gery, Gagericus, Gaugerico, Gorik.
  • St. Philomena Canonized: by Pope Gregory XVI. Also called Filomena, Filumena, Philumena, Philomene, Thaumaturga of the Nineteenth Century, and Wonder Worker of the Nineteenth Century.
  • St. Rufinus of Assisi Died: 1st century. Patronage: diocese of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy, Assisi, Italy, and Umbria, Italy. Also called Rufino.
  • St. Rufinus of Marsi Died: in Italy.
  • St. Rusticola of Arles Born: 551 in Vaison (in modern Séguret, France). Died: 11 August 632. Also called Marcia.
  • St. Susanna of Rome Died: beheaded in 295 in her father's house at Rome, Italy.
  • St. Taurinus of Evreux Born: c.350. Died: c.412. Patronage: Evreux, France. Also called Taurino.
  • St. Tiburtius of Rome Died: beheaded c.286 in Rome, Italy. Also called Tiburcio, Tiburzio.

Blessed (9)

  • Blessed Benjamín Fernández de Legaria Goñi Born: 5 July 1898 in Torralba de Río, Navarra, Spain. Died: shot on 11 August 1936 in El Escorial, Madrid, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis. Also called Father Teofilo and Teofilo Fernández de Legaria Goñi.
  • Blessed Carlos Díaz Gandía Born: 25 December 1907 in Ontinyent, Valencia, Spain. Died: shot on 11 August 1936 in Agullent, Valencia, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Jean-Georges Rehm Born: 21 April 1752 in Katzenthal, Haut-Rhin, France. Died: 11 August 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Father Thomas.
  • Blessed John Sandys Born: c.1552 in Lancashire, England. Died: 11 August 1586 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Maurice Tornay Born: 31 August 1910 in Rosière, Valais, Switzerland. Died: shot by Tibetan guards on 11 August 1949 in To-Thong, Tibet. Beatified: 16 May 1993 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy. Also called Mauritius, Mauricio.
  • Blessed Rafael Alonso Guti&eacuterrez Born: 14 June 1890 in Ontinyent, Valencia, Spain. Died: shot 11 August 1936 in Agullent, Valencia, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Stephen Rowsham Born: c.1555 in Oxfordshire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Stephen Rouse.
  • Blessed Theobald of England Died: burned at the stake in 1499.
  • Blessed William Lampley Born: in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. Died: December 1588 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyred in the Spanish Civil War Also kept on 6 April, 20 May, 22 May, 25 July, and 92 other days in some calendars.

Other (2)

  • Elian of Philadelpha
  • Robaldo Rambaudi

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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