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Saints of 21 August

40 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 21 August, with short facts.

Marian titles (1)

  • Our Lady of Knock Patronage: Ireland.

Saints (31)

  • St. Abraham of Smolensk Born: 12th century at Smolensk, Russia. Died: c.1222 at Smolensk, Russia. Canonized: 1549 by Pope Paul III. Also called Avraamii.
  • St. Agapius of Edessa Died: c.304 in Edessa, Syria.
  • St. Agathonicus of Constantinople
  • St. Anastasius Cornicularius Died: 274 at Salone, Italy.
  • St. Aria of Rome Died: Rome, Italy.
  • St. Avitus I of Clermont Died: c.600.
  • St. Bassa of Edessa Died: c.304 in Edessa, Syria.
  • St. Bernard de Alziva Died: 1180.
  • St. Bernard of Lérida Born: at Lerida, Catalonia (in modern Spain) as Achmed. Died: c.1180. Patronage: Alcira, Valencia, Spain. Also called Achmed.
  • St. Bonosus Died: 362.
  • St. Camerinus of Sardinia Died: beheaded in 303 in Sardinia, Italy.
  • St. Cameron Died: Cagliari, Italy.
  • St. Cisellus of Sardinia Died: beheaded in 303 in Sardinia, Italy.
  • St. Cyriaca Died: scourged to death in 249 in Rome, Italy. Also called Dominica.
  • St. Euprepius of Verona
  • St. Fidelis of Edessa Died: c.304 in Edessa, Syria.
  • St. Giuse Ðang Van Viên Born: c.1787 in Tiên Chu, Hung Yên, Vietnam. Died: beheaded on 21 August 1838 in Bay Mau, Hanoi, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Joseph.
  • St. Gracia of Lérida Born: at Lerida, Catalonia (in modern Spain) as Zaida. Died: c.1180. Patronage: Alcira, Valencia, Spain. Also called Grace, Zaida.
  • St. Hardulph
  • St. Leontius the Elder Died: c.541.
  • St. Luxorius of Sardinia Died: beheaded in 303 in Sardinia, Italy. Also called Lussurio.
  • St. Maria of Lérida Born: at Lérida, Catalonia,Spain as Zoraida. Died: martyred c.1180. Patronage: Alcira, Valencia, Spain. Also called Mary of Lérida and Zoraida of Lérida.
  • St. Maximianus the Soldier Died: 362. Also called Maximinian, Maximilian.
  • St. Maximilian of Antioch Died: c.353 in Antioch.
  • St. Natale of Casale Monferrato
  • St. Paternus of Fondi Born: Alexandria, Egypt. Died: c.255 in Fondi, Italy.
  • St. Privatus of Mende Died: beaten to death in 260 in Mende, France. Also called Privado, Privato.
  • St. Quadratus of Utica Died: 3rd century.
  • St. Sidonius Apollinaris Born: c.423 in Lugdunum, Gaul (modern Lyon, France). Died: c.480 at Clermont, France. Also called Caius Sollius Apollinaris Sidonius.
  • St. Theogonius of Edessa Died: c.304 in Edessa, Syria.
  • St. Zoticus the Philosopher

Popes (1)

  • Pope Pius X Born: 2 June 1835 at Riese. Died: 21 August 1914 at Vatican City. Canonized: 29 May 1954 by Pope Pius XII. Patronage: first communicants, pilgrims, and 7 dioceses. Also called Giuseppe Melchior Sarto, Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, Giuseppe Sarto, Joseph Sarto, and Pope of the Blessed Sacrament.

Blessed (6)

  • Blessed Beatrice de Roelas Died: 1580 in the Mercedarian monastery of the Assumption in Seville, Spain.
  • Blessed Bruno Zembol Born: 7 September 1905 in Letownia, Malopolskie, Poland as Jan Zembol. Died: beaten to death on 21 August 1942 in the Dachau concentration camp, Oberbayern, Bavaria, Germany. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland. Also called Jan Zembol and Johannes Zembol.
  • Blessed Gilbert of Valenciennes Died: 1185.
  • Blessed Jacinto Blanch Ferrer Born: 27 April 1868 in Vilanova de Sau, Barcelona. Died: shot on 21 August 1936 in Pedrales, Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 21 October 2017 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Ladislaus Findysz Born: 13 December 1907 in Kroscienko Nizne. Died: morning of 21 August 1964. Beatified: 19 June 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Wladyslaw Findysz.
  • Blessed Victoire Rasoamanarivo Born: 1848 in Antananarivo, Madagascar as Rasoamanarivo. Died: 21 August 1894 in Anatanarivo, Madagascar. Beatified: 30 April 1989 by Pope John Paul II.

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.

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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