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Saints of 19 August

38 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 19 August, with short facts.

Saints (26)

  • St. John Eudes Born: 14 November 1601 at Ri, Normandy, France. Died: 19 August 1680 at Caen, Normandy, France. Canonized: 31 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI. Patronage: diocese of Baie-Comeau, Québec. Also called Jean Eudes.
  • St. Andrew the Tribune Died: 300 at Mount Tarsus, Cilicia (in modern Turkey). Also called Andrew Stratelates.
  • St. Badulf of Ainay Died: c.850. Also called Badour, Badolf.
  • St. Bertulf of Luxeuil Died: 640.
  • St. Calminius Died: c.690. Also called Calmilius.
  • St. Credan of Evesham Died: c.780.
  • St. Donatus of Mount Jura Born: Orleans, France. Died: c.535. Also called Donatus of Sisteron and Donato of.....
  • St. Elaphius of Châlons
  • St. Ezekiel Moreno y Díaz Born: 9 April 1848 at Alfaro, Tarazona, Spain. Died: 19 August 1906 at Montegudo, Navarra, Spain. Canonized: 11 October 1992 by Pope John Paul II at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Patronage: against cancer. Also called Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz.
  • St. Flavien of Toulon
  • St. Guenninus
  • St. Italo Died: c.303 in southern Italy.
  • St. Julius of Rome Died: scourged and beaten to death c.190 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Louis of Toulouse Born: February 1274 at Nocera, Italy. Died: 19 August 1297 at Brignolles, Italy. Canonized: 7 April 1317 by Pope John XXII. Patronage: Valencia, Spain and Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, California. Also called Louis of Anjou and Ludwig of....
  • St. Magino of Tarragona Died: beheaded. Patronage: Tarragona, Spain. Also called Magi, Magin, Maginus.
  • St. Magnus of Anagni Born: 2nd century at Trani, Italy. Died: beheaded near Fabrateria Vetus, Latium (modern Ceccano, Italy). Patronage: Anagni-Alatri, Italy, diocese of, Anagni, Italy, and Colle San Magno, Italy. Also called Magno di Anagni, Magnus of Fabrateria Vetus, and Magnus of Trani.
  • St. Magnus of Avignon Born: Avignon, France. Died: 660.
  • St. Magnus of Cuneo Also called Magnus of the Theban Legion, Magnus of Fabreteria Vetere, and Magno of....
  • St. Marianus of Entreaigues Died: c.515.
  • St. Marinus of Besalu Died: c.800.
  • St. Mochta Died: c.535. Also called Mochteus.
  • St. Namadia of Marsat Died: c.700.
  • St. Rufinus of Mantua
  • St. Sebaldus Died: c.770. Patronage: against cold weather, Bavaria, Germany, and Nuremberg, Germany. Also called Sebald, Sinibaldo, Siward.
  • St. Thecla of Caesarea Died: torn apart by wild beasts in 304 at the amphitheater at Caesarea.
  • St. Timothy of Gaza Died: burned alive in 304.

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Sixtus III Born: at Rome, Italy. Died: 18 August 440 in Rome, Italy. Also called Xystus III.

Blessed (7)

  • Blessed Angelo of Acquapagana Born: 1261. Died: 1313 in Acquapagana, Piceno, Italy. Beatified: 14 June 1846. Also called Angel.
  • Blessed Gregorio Martos Muñoz Born: 3 April 1908 in Chilecito, La Rioja, Argentina. Died: 19 August 1936 in Albufera de Adra, Almería, Spain. Beatified: 25 March 2017 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Guerricus Born: c.1080 at Tournai, Belgium. Died: c.1155 at Igny, France. Beatified: 1889 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed).
  • Blessed Hugh Green Born: London, England. Died: hanged on 19 August 1642 at Dorchester, Dorset, England. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Also called Ferdinand Brooke.
  • Blessed Jordan of Pisa Born: c.1255 at Pisa, Italy. Died: 19 August 1311 at Piacenza, Italy. Beatified: 23 August 1833 (cultus confirmed) by Pope Gregory XVI.
  • Blessed Leo II of Cava Born: 1239. Died: 19 August 1295 at the Cava dei Tirreni monastery in Campania, Italy. Beatified: 16 May 1928 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmation).
  • Blessed Michele Soriano Died: 1604.

Martyr groups (2)

  • 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 Nagasaki Died: beheaded on 19 August 1622 at Nagasaki, Japan. Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX.

Other (2)

  • Bartholomew Simeri
  • Sarah the Matriarch Died: of natural causes at age 127. Also called Sari, Sarai, Sara.

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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