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Saints of 16 August

25 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 16 August, with short facts.

Saints (9)

  • St. Roch Born: 1295 at Montpelier, France. Died: 1327 at Montpelier or Angleria, France. Patronage: against cholera, against diseased cattle, against epidemics, against knee problems, against plague, against skin diseases and rashes, bachelors, dogs, and others.
  • St. Armagillus of Brittany Died: c.550. Patronage: against colic, against fever, against gout, against headaches, against rheumatism, and hospitals.
  • St. Arsacius of Nicomedia Born: Persian. Died: 24 August 358. Also called Arsacio, Ursacius.
  • St. Frambaldo Died: c.650 in Gaul (modern France). Also called Rasbaldo, Rasbaldus.
  • St. Rosa Fan Hui Born: c.1855 in Fannjiazhuang, Apostolic Vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, Wujiao Hebei Province, China. Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Fan Hui, Luosa.
  • St. Serena Died: late 3rd century.
  • St. Stephen of Hungary Born: 969 at Esztergom, Hungary. Died: 15 August 1038 at Szekesfehervar, Hungary. Canonized: 1083 by Pope Saint Gregory VII. Patronage: against the death of children, bricklayers, Hungary, kings, masons, stone masons, and stonecutters. Also called Apostolic King, Stephen the Great, and Istvan.
  • St. Theodule of Grammont Patronage: Valais, Switzerland. Also called Theodulus, Theodore.
  • St. Titus the Deacon Died: c.410.

Blessed (11)

  • Blessed Angelus Agostini Mazzinghi Born: 1377 at Florence, Italy. Died: 17 August 1438 at Florence, Italy. Beatified: 7 March 1761 Pope Clement XIII (cultus confirmed).
  • Blessed Enrique García Beltrán Born: 16 March 1913 in Almazora, Diocese of Tortosa, Valencia, Spain. Died: 16 August 1936 at La Pedrera on the road outside Castellón, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Brother Enrique of Almazora.
  • Blessed Iacobus Bunzo Gengoro Born: 1618 in Japan. Died: 17 or 18 August 1620 in Kokura, Fukuoka, Japan having been crucified upside down soon. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX.
  • Blessed Jean-Baptiste Menestrel Born: 5 December 1748 in Serécourt, Vosges, France. Died: 16 August 1794 aboard the prison ship Washington. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed John of Saint Martha Born: 1578 at Prados, Spain. Died: beheaded in 1618. Beatified: 1867 by Pope Pius IX.
  • Blessed Laurence Loricatus Born: c.1190 in Apulio, Italy. Died: 1243 at Subiaco, Italy. Beatified: 1778 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmed).
  • Blessed Magdalena Kiyota Bokusai Born: Kiyota, Japan. Died: 17 or 18 August 1620 in Kokura, Fukuoka, Japan having been crucified upside down soon. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX.
  • Blessed Maria Gengoro Born: Kiyota, Japan. Died: 17 or 18 August 1620 in Kokura, Fukuoka, Japan having been crucified upside down soon. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX.
  • Blessed Ralph de la Futaye Died: 1129. Also called Ralph de Flageio and Radulfo, Rodolfo.
  • Blessed Simon Kiyota Bokusai Born: 1559 in Kiyota, Japan. Died: 17 or 18 August 1620 in Kokura, Fukuoka, Japan having been crucified upside down soon. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX.
  • Blessed Thomas Gengoro Born: Kiyota, Japan. Died: 17 or 18 August 1620 in Kokura, Fukuoka, Japan having been crucified upside down soon. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX.

Martyr groups (3)

  • 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 Balondillo
  • Martyrs of Palestine

Other (2)

  • Pietra di San Giuseppe Pérez Florido
  • Ugolina of Vercelli

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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