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Saints of 18 August

34 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 18 August, with short facts.

Saints (22)

  • St. Agapitus the Martyr Born: c.259 in Palestrina, Italy. Died: when they would not touch him. Patronage: against colic and Palestrina, Italy. Also called Agapetus the Martyr, Agapitus of Palestrina, Agapitus of Praeneste, and Agapito....
  • St. Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga Born: 22 January 1901 at Vina del Mar, Chile. Died: 18 August 1952 at Santiago, Chile. Canonized: 23 October 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI at Rome, Italy.
  • St. Crispus of Rome
  • St. Daig MacCairaill Born: Irish. Died: 586. Also called Dagaeus MacCairaill, Daganus MacCairaill, Daig of Inish Cain, Daig of Iniskeen, and Daig of Iniskin.
  • St. Eonus of Arles Died: 502. Also called Eonio.
  • St. Ernan Died: 634 in his abbey in Donegal, Ireland.
  • St. Evan of Ayrshire Born: 9th century in Scotland. Died: at Irvine, Scotland. Also called Inan, Inane, Tinan, Tennand.
  • St. Firminus of Metz Died: 496. Also called Fermin.
  • St. Florus of Illyria Died: drowned in a well. Also called Floro.
  • St. Helena Born: c.248 at Drepanon, Bithynia, Asia Minor. Died: c.328 in Nicomedia. Patronage: against fire, against thunder, archeologists, converts, difficult marriages, divorced people, dyers, empresses, and others. Also called Elene, Helen and Flavia Julia Helena Augusta.
  • St. Hermas of Rome Also called Hermes.
  • St. John of Rome Died: c.590. Also kept on 17 January in some calendars.
  • St. Juliana of Myra Died: at Myra, Lycia.
  • St. Juliana of Stobylum Died: Strobylum, Asia Minor.
  • St. Laurus of Illyria Died: drowned in a well.
  • St. Leo of Myra Died: at Myra, Lycia. Also called León.
  • St. Macarius the Wonder Worker Born: 9th century Constantinople as Christopher. Died: 18 August 850 on the island of Aphusia, Bithynia. Also called Christopher and Macarius of Constantinople.
  • St. Maximus of Illyria Died: drowned in a well.
  • St. Polyaenus of Rome
  • St. Proculus of Illyria Died: drowned in a well. Also called Prochus.
  • St. Ronan of Iona Died: c.660.
  • St. Serapion of Rome

Blessed (8)

  • Blessed Antoine Bannassat Born: 20 May 1729 in Guéret, Creuse, France. Died: of starvation on 18 August 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Domenico de Molinar
  • Blessed Francus of Francavilla Born: mid-10th-century in Italy. Died: 11th-century. Beatified: 1893 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed). Patronage: Francavilla al Mare, Abruzzo, Italy. Also called Franco.
  • Blessed Gaspar di Salamanca
  • Blessed Leonard of Cava Died: 1255 at La Cava Abbey, Campania, Italy. Beatified: 1928 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmed). Also called Leonardo.
  • Blessed Martín Martínez Pascual Born: 11 November 1910 in Valdealgorfa, Teruel, Spain. Died: shot by firing squad on 18 August 1936 at the cemetery in Valdealgorfa, Teruel, Spain. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Milo of Fontenelle Died: c.735.
  • Blessed Raynald of Ravenna Born: c.1245 in Milan, Italy. Died: 1321 in Ravenna, Italy. Beatified: 18 August 1852 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed). Also called Raynald Concorezzo and Rinaldo.....

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 (3)

  • Ivan Rilski
  • Massa Candida Died: jumped into a pit of burning lime c.253 at Carthage, North Africa. Also called Martyrs of Utica and White Company.
  • Paola Montaldi

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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