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Saints of 15 August

38 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 15 August, with short facts.

Feasts (1)

  • Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Patronage: Acadians, Cajuns, Cistercian Order, Cistercians, fish dealers, fishmongers, French air crews, harness makers, France, Guatemala, India, and others. Also called Lady Day, Dies Mariae Deiparae, Day of Mary Mother of God, and Description.

Marian titles (4)

  • Our Lady of La Vang
  • Our Lady of Madhu
  • Our Lady of Patrocínio
  • Our Lady of the Abbey

Saints (11)

  • St. Alipius of Tagaste Born: Tagaste, North Africa. Died: 430. Canonized: 1584 by Pope Gregory XIII. Also called Alipio, Alypius.
  • St. Arduinus of Rimini Born: Rimini, Italy. Died: 1009. Also called Arduino.
  • St. Arnulphus of Soissons Died: 1087 at Aldenberg Abbey in Germany.
  • St. David Roldán-Lara Born: 2 March 1907 at Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, Mexico. Died: shot on 15 August 1926 at Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, Mexico. Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico.
  • St. Luis Batiz Sainz Born: 13 September 1870 at San Miguel del Mezquital, Mexico. Died: shot on 15 August 1926 at Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, Mexico. Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico.
  • St. Manuel Moralez Born: 8 February 1898 at Mesillas, Zacatecas, Mexico. Died: shot by firing squad on 15 August 1926 in the mountains near Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, Mexico. Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico. Also called Manuel Morales and Emmanuel....
  • St. Napoleon of Alexandria Born: Egyptian. Died: tortured to death in the early 4th century in Alexandria, Egypt. Also called Neópolo.
  • St. Salvador Lara Puente Born: 13 August 1905 in Berlín, Durango, Mexico. Died: shot on 15 August 1926 at Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, Mexico. Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico. Also called Salvator.
  • St. Simplician of Milan Born: c.320 in Rome, Italy. Died: c.401 in Milan, Liguria, Italy. Also called Simpliciano.
  • St. Stanislaus Kostka Born: 28 October 1550 at Rostkovo, Poland. Died: between 3 and 4 a.m. of 15 August. Canonized: 31 December 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII. Patronage: against broken bones, aspirants to the Oblates of Saint Joseph, last sacraments, and Poland. Also called Stanislaw Kostka.
  • St. Tarcisius Patronage: altar boys, altar girls, altar servers and first communicants. Also called Tarsicius.

Blessed (17)

  • Blessed Agustín Hurtado Soler Born: 18 August 1872 in Alboraya, Valencia, Spain. Died: 15 August 1936 near Retiro Park, Madrid, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Father Domingo María From Alboraya.
  • Blessed Aimo Taparelli Born: 1395 at Savigliano, Piedmont, Italy. Died: 15 August 1495. Beatified: 1856 by Pope Blessed Pius IX (cultus confirmed). Also called Aimone Taparelli and Haymo Taparelli.
  • Blessed Alberto Berdini of Sarteano Born: 1385 in Sarteano, Tuscany, Italy. Died: 15 August 1450 in Milan, Italy. Also called Alberto Berdini, Alberto of Sarteano, King of Preachers, and Rex Praedicatorum.
  • Blessed Alfred of Hildesheim Born: early 9th century in Cologne, Germany. Died: 15 August 874. Beatified: 1965 by Pope Paul VI (cultus confirmed). Also called Alfrid, Altfried, Altfrid.
  • Blessed Claudio Granzotto Born: 23 August 1900 at San Lucia di Piave, Treviso, Italy. Died: 15 August 1947 in Padua, Italy. Beatified: 20 November 1994 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy. Also called Claudius Granzotto and Riccardo Granzotto.
  • Blessed Elisabetta del Paradiso
  • Blessed Elvira Moragas Cantarero Born: 8 January 1881 in Lillo, Toledo, Spain. Died: shot on the morning of 15 August 1936 at the hermitage of San Isidro in Madrid, Spain. Beatified: 10 May 1998 by Pope John Paul II. Patronage: pharmacists. Also called Sister María Sagrario of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga.
  • Blessed Ferdinando de Pazos Died: Fez, Morocco.
  • Blessed George Halley Born: Irish. Died: 15 August 1642 in Siddan, Meath, Ireland. Beatified: 27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy. Also called Angelus of Saint Joseph.
  • Blessed Isidore Bakanja Born: c.1887 at northeast Republic. Died: 15 August 1909 in Busira, équateur, Democratic Republic of Congo. Beatified: 24 April 1994 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed José María Peris Polo Born: 1 November 1889 in Cinctorres, Castellón, Spain. Died: shot at dawn on 15 August 1936 at the cemetery in Almazora, Castellón, Spain. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Juan José Vivas-Pérez Bustos Born: 29 January 1901 in Almería, Spain. Died: 15 August 1936 on the beach of La Garrofa, Almería, Spain. Beatified: 25 March 2017 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Juliana Puricelli Born: 1427 at Busto-Arizio, Italy. Died: 15 August 1501 at Sacro Montesopra Varese convent. Beatified: 16 September 1769 by Pope Clement XIV (cultus confirmed). Also called Juliana de Busto Arsicio.
  • Blessed Luis Belda Soriano de Montoya Born: 11 December 1901 in Palma de Mallorca, Islas Baleares Spain. Died: shot in the early morning hours of 15 August 1936 on the beach in La Garrofa, Almeria Spain. Beatified: 25 March 2017 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Maria del Paradiso
  • Blessed Pio Alberto del Corona Born: 5 July 1837 in Livorno, Italy. Died: 15 August 1912 in Florence, Italy. Beatified: 19 September 2015 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Vicente Soler Munárriz Born: 4 April 1867 in Malón, Zaragoza, Spain. Died: shot on 15 August 1936 at the cemetery in Motril, Granada, Spain. Beatified: 7 March 1999 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Father Vicente of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga.

Martyr groups (3)

  • Martyred Claretians of Barbastro Died: 2 August through 18 August 1936 in Barbastro, Huesca, Spain. Beatified: 25 October 1992 by Pope John Paul II. Also kept on 13 August in some calendars.
  • 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 Nicomedia Died: Nicomedia, Bithynia (in modern Turkey).

Other (2)

  • Gioconda of Rome
  • Juan of Seville

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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