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Saints of 17 August

36 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 17 August, with short facts.

Saints (21)

  • St. Amor of Amorbach Also called Amator, Amour.
  • St. Anastasius of Terni Born: Syrian. Died: c.553.
  • St. Beatrice da Silva Meneses Born: 1424 at in Campo Maior, Portalegre, Portugal. Died: 17 August 1492 in Toledo, Spain. Beatified: 28 July 1926 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmed). Canonized: 3 October 1976 by Pope Paul VI. Patronage: prisoners. Also called Brites, Beatrix da Silva, and Beatriz da Silva Meneses.
  • St. Benedicta of Lorraine
  • St. Carloman Born: 707. Died: 755 at a monastery in Vienne, France.
  • St. Cecilia of Lorraine
  • St. Clare of Montefalco Born: c.1268 at Montefalco. Died: 18 August 1308 at Montefalco. Beatified: 13 April 1737 by Pope Clement XII. Canonized: 8 December 1881 at Pope Leo XIII. Patronage: Montefalco, Italy. Also called Clare of the Cross.
  • St. Donatus of Ripacandida Born: 1179 at Ripacandida. Died: 17 August 1198. Patronage: Auletta, Italy, Basilicata, Italy, Melfi, Italy, Montevergine, Italy, Rapolla, Italy, Ripacandida, Italy, and Ruoti, Italy. Also called Donatello, Donato.
  • St. Drithelm Born: Northumbria, England. Died: c.700 at Melrose, Scotland. Also called Drithelm Cuningham, Drithelm of Northumbria, and Dritham of Melrose.
  • St. Elias the Younger Born: c.823 in Enna, Sicily, Italy as Giovanni Rachites. Died: 903 in Thessalonica, Macedonia. Also called Elias of Enna, Elias of Salinas, Elia, Elijah, and Giovanni Rachites.
  • St. Eusebius of Sicily Born: Greece. Died: 310 in Sicily.
  • St. Hyacinth Born: 1185 at Lanka Castle, Kamien Slaski, Opole, Upper Silesia (in modern Poland). Died: 15 August 1257 at Krakow, Poland. Canonized: 17 April 1594 by Pope Clement VIII. Also called Apostle of the North, Apostle to Poland, Hyacinth of Cracow, Jacek Odrowaz, and Jackek, Jacinto, Jacynthe.
  • St. Jacobo Kyushei Gorobioye Tomonaga de Santa María Born: 1582 in Kyudetsu, Nagasaki, Japan. Died: 17 August 1633 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 18 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Giacomo Kyushei Gorobioye Tomonaga, Iacobus of Saint Mary, Iacobus Tomonaga Gorobyoe, and Jakob Kyushei Gorubioye Tomanga.
  • St. James the Deacon Born: 7th century Italian.
  • St. Jeanne of the Cross Delanoue Born: 18 June 1666 at Samur, Anjou, France as Jeanne Delanoue. Died: 17 August 1736 at Fencet, France. Canonized: 31 October 1982 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy. Also called Ioanna Delanoue, Jeanne del Croi Delanoue, Joan Delanoue, and Johanna Delanoue.
  • St. Jeroen of Noordwijk Born: late 8th century Scotland. Died: beheaded on 17 August 856 in Noordwijk, Netherlands. Patronage: to find lost articles and Represenation. Also called Gerone, Hiero, Hieron, Iero, Ieron, Jero, Jeron, Jeroen van Noordwijk, and Jéron Noordwijk.
  • St. Juliana of Ptolemais Died: beheaded c.270 at Ptolemais, Palestine.
  • St. Mamas Died: c.275 in Cappadocia. Patronage: guardians, orphans, torture victims, and Langres, France, cathedral of.
  • St. Michaël Kurobyoie Born: Japanese. Died: martyred on 17 August 1633 at Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan. Canonized: 18 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Miguel, Mikael.
  • St. Myron of Cyzicus Died: beheaded c.250 at Cyzicus in the Hellespont (in modern Turkey). Also called Miron.
  • St. Paul of Ptolemais Died: beheaded c.270 at Ptolemais, Palestine.

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Eusebius Born: Greek. Died: 17 August 310 in Sicily, Italy.

Blessed (8)

  • Blessed Enric Canadell Quintana Born: 20 June 1890 in Olot, Diocese of Girona, Spain. Died: shot on 17 August 1936 in Castellfullit, Girona, Spain. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Father Enric of the Sacred Hearts.
  • Blessed Eugenio Sanz-Orozco Mortera Born: 5 September 1880 in Manila, Philippines. Died: 17 August 1936 in Montaña barracks, Madrid, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis. Also called José María of Manila.
  • Blessed Florencio López Egea Born: 27 August 1883 in Tahal, Almeria Spain. Died: early morning hours of 17 August 1936 in La Higuerra del Conejo, Turre, Almeria Spain. Beatified: 25 March 2017 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Leopoldina Naudet Born: 31 May 1773 in Florence, Italy. Died: 17 August 1834 in Verona, Italy. Beatified: 29 April 2017 by Pope Francis. Patronage: Sisters of the Holy Family.
  • Blessed Marie-Élisabeth Turgeon Born: 7 February 1840 in Beaumont, Quebec, Canada. Died: 17 August 1881 in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. Beatified: 26 April 2015 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Nicholas Politi Born: 1117 in Adrano (Aderno), Catania, Sicily, Italy. Died: at dawn on 17 August 1167 in Arcaria, Sicily, Italy. Also called Nicolò Politi.
  • Blessed Noël-Hilaire Le Conte Born: 3 October 1765 in Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France. Died: 17 August 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Ramón Cervilla Luis Born: 29 March 1865 in Almuñécar, Granada, Spain.

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 Málaga Died: 17 August 1936 in Málaga, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
  • Martyrs of Maspujols Died: 17 August 1936 in Maspujols, Tarragona, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.

Other (3)

  • Alberto da Chiatina
  • José Maria de Manila
  • Ugo di Tennenbach

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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