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Saints of 22 August

34 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 22 August, with short facts.

Saints (21)

  • St. Andrew of Fiesole Born: Ireland. Died: c.877 in Italy. Also called Andrew of Ireland, Andrew of Tuscany, and Andrew the Scot.
  • St. Anthusa of Seleucia
  • St. Antoninus of Rome Died: 186.
  • St. Arnulf of Eynesbury
  • St. Athanasius of Tarsus Died: 257.
  • St. Epictetus of Ostia Died: c.300.
  • St. Ethelgitha of Northumbria Died: c.720.
  • St. Fabrician of Toledo Died: Toledo, Spain. Also called Fabricianus.
  • St. Felix of Ostia Died: c.300.
  • St. Gunifort Born: in the British Isles. Died: Pavia, Italy. Also called Guniforme, Guniforto, Gunifortus.
  • St. John Kemble Born: 1599 at Rhydica Farm, Saint Weonard's Parish, Herefordshire, England. Died: hanged. Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI.
  • St. John Wall Born: 1620 Chingle Hall near Preston, Lancashire, England. Died: hanged. Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI. Also called Francis Dormore, Francis Johnson, Francis Webb, Joachim of Saint Anne, and John Marsh.
  • St. Maprilis of Ostia Died: c.300.
  • St. Martial of Ostia Died: c.300.
  • St. Maurus of Rheims Died: c.260 in Rheims, France.
  • St. Philibert of Toledo Died: Toledo, Spain. Also called Filibert.
  • St. Philip Benizi Born: 15 August (Feast of the Assumption) 1233 at district of Oltrarno, Florence, Italy. Died: 22 August (Octave of the Assumption) 1285 at Todi, Italy. Canonized: 12 April 1671 by Pope Clement X. Patronage: Sergio Osmena, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines.
  • St. Saturninus of Ostia Died: c.300.
  • St. Sigfrid of Wearmouth Died: 22 August 688.
  • St. Symphorian of Autun Died: beheaded by sword on 22 August 178. Patronage: against eye problems, against syphilis, children, students, school children, and Autun, France.
  • St. Timothy of Rome Born: Syrian. Died: beheaded c.309 in Rome, Italy. Also called Timotheus.

Blessed (8)

  • Blessed Bernard Perani Born: c.1604 in Italy. Died: 1694. Beatified: 25 May 1795 by Pope Pius VI. Also called Bernard Offida.
  • Blessed Élie Leymarie de Laroche Born: 8 January 1758 in Annesse, Dordogne, France. Died: 22 August 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Giacomo Bianconi of Mevania Born: 7 March 1220 at Mevania (modern Bevagna). Died: 22 August 1301 at Mevania, Italy. Beatified: 1400 by Pope Boniface IX (cultus confirmed). Also called Giacomo Bianconi da Bevagna, James Bianconi, James of Bevagna, and Jacobus de Blanconibus de Mevania.
  • Blessed José Joaquín Erviti Insausti Born: 11 November 1902 in Echalecu, Navarra, Spain. Also called Pascual.
  • Blessed Richard Kirkman Born: Addingham, Yorkshire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation).
  • Blessed Symeon Lukach Born: 7 July 1893 at Starunya, Ivano-Frankivs'ka oblast', Ukraine. Died: 22 August 1964 in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivs'ka oblast', Ukraine. Beatified: 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II at Ukraine. Also called Simeon Lukac.
  • Blessed Timoteo da Monticchio Born: 1444 in Monticchio, L'Aquila. Died: 22 August 1504 in the San Angelo convent in Ocra, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy. Beatified: 10 March 1870 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmation). Also called Timoteo de Mound.
  • Blessed William Lacey Born: in Horton, Yorkshire, England. Died: 22 August 1582 in York, North Yorkshire, England. Beatified: 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed).

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 (4)

  • Ildebrando di Bagnoregio
  • Queenship of Mary Patronage: diocese of Cabinda, Angola. Also called Nossa Senhora Rainha do Mundo, Our Lady, Queen of the Angels, and Our Lady, Queen of Heaven.
  • Stefano de Fontsanta
  • Thomas Percy

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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