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Saints of 20 August

36 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 20 August, with short facts.

Saints (22)

  • St. Bernard of Clairvaux Born: 1090 at Fontaines-les-Dijon, Burgundy, France. Died: 20 August 1153 at Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferté, Aube, France. Canonized: 1170 by Pope Alexander III. Patronage: beekeepers, bees, Burgundy, France, candlemakers, chandlers, Cistercian Order, Cistercians, Gibraltar, and others.
  • St. Amadour the Hermit Also called Amadour of Lucca, Amadour of Rocamadour, and Amadoro, Amator, Amatore.
  • St. Bernard of Valdeiglesias Died: 1155. Patronage: Candelada, Spain. Also called Bernard of Candeleda.
  • St. Bernardo Tolomei Born: 10 May 1272 at Siena, Tuscany as Giovanni Tolomei. Died: 20 August 1348 in Siena, Italy. Beatified: 24 November 1644 by Pope Innocent X (cultus confirmed). Canonized: 26 April 2009 Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Bernard Ptolomei, Bernard Tolomeo, and Giovanni Tolomeo.
  • St. Brogan
  • St. Burchard of Worms Born: Hesse, Germany. Died: 1026.
  • St. Christopher of Cordoba Died: 852 in Cordoba, Spain.
  • St. Edbert of Northumbria Died: 768.
  • St. Gobert of Apremont Died: 1263.
  • St. Haduin of Le Mans Died: c.662. Also called Harduin.
  • St. Heliodorus of Persia Born: Persia. Died: 362.
  • St. Herbert Hoscam Born: in England. Died: 1180. Patronage: Conze, Italy.
  • St. Laura of Pollenza Died: beheaded in the early 4th century in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Leovigild of Cordoba Died: 852 in Cordoba, Spain.
  • St. Lucius of Cyprus Died: 311 on Cyprus.
  • St. Maria de Mattias Born: 4 February 1805 at Vallecorsa, Frosinone, Papal States (modern Italy). Died: 20 August 1866 in Rome, Italy. Canonized: 18 May 2003 by Pope John Paul II at Vatican Basilica.
  • St. Maximus of Chinon Died: c.470.
  • St. Oswine of Deira Died: murdered 20 August 651 at Gilling, Yorkshire, England on the orders of his cousin Oswy. Also called Osuine, Oswin.
  • St. Philibert of Jumièges Born: c.608 in Gascony, France. Died: 684 on the island of Héri, France.
  • St. Porphyrius of Palestrina Died: in Palestrina, Italy.
  • St. Ronald of Orkney Born: 1100 in Norway. Died: 20 August 1158 in Caithness, Scotland. Canonized: 1192 by Pope Celestine III. Also called Rögnvald Kali Kolsson and Ragnvald Kale Kollsson.
  • St. Zacchaeus the Publican Also called Zaccheo.

Blessed (11)

  • Blessed Enrique Rodríguez Tortosa Born: 30 April 1908 in Terque, Almería, Spain. Died: 20 August 1936 in La Rambla de Gérgal, Almería, Spain. Beatified: 25 March 2017 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Francesco Matienzo Died: latter 14th century.
  • Blessed Georg Häfner Born: 19 October 1900 in Würzburg, Germany. Died: 20 August 1942 in Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany. Beatified: 15 May 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Georg Haefner.
  • Blessed Gervais-Protais Brunel Born: 18 June 1744 in Magnières, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. Died: 20 August 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed José Tapia Díaz de Villachica Born: 6 January 1913 in Terque, Almería, Spain. Died: 20 August 1936 in La Rambla de Gérgal, Almería, Spain. Beatified: 25 March 2017 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Louis-François Lebrun Born: 4 April 1744 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Died: 20 August 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Manuel López Álvarez Born: 26 March 1881 in Mairena, Granada, Spain. Died: shot. Beatified: 25 March 2017 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed María Climent Mateu Born: 30 May 1887 in Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain. Died: stabbed to death on 20 August 1936 in Picadero de Paterna, Valencia, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Matías Cardona-Meseguer Born: 23 December 1902 in Vallibona, Castellón, Spain. Died: shot on 20 July 1936 in Pigro de Coll, Vallibona, Castellón, Spain. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope Saint John Paul II. Also called Matías of Saint Augustine.
  • Blessed Teofilius Matulionis Born: 22 June 1873 in Alantos, Moletai, Russian Empire (in modern Lithuania). Died: during a routine search of his apartment by Soviet authorities. Beatified: 25 June 2017 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Wladyslaw Maczkowski Born: 24 June 1911 in Ociaz, Wielkopolskie, Poland. Died: 20 August 1942 in the Dachau concentration camp, Oberbayern, Germany. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Ladislaus Maczkowski.

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 (2)

  • Benedicto Zafont
  • Samuel the Patriarch Born: c.1132 BC at Ramatha in the moutains of Ephraim.

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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