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Saints of 26 August

36 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 26 August, with short facts.

Marian titles (1)

  • Our Lady of Czestochowa Patronage: Poland. Also called Black Madonna of Czestochowa, Czarna Madonna, Hodegetria, Matka Boska Czestochowska, and One Who Shows the Way.

Saints (17)

  • St. Abundius the Martyr Died: drowned c.258 in the sewers of Rome, Italy.
  • St. Alexander of Bergamo Died: beheaded c.287. Patronage: Bergamo, Italy, city of, Bergamo, Italy, diocese of, Capriate San Gervasio, Italy, and Cervignano d'Adda, Italy. Also called Alessandro da Bergamo.
  • St. Anastasius the Fuller Died: drowned. Patronage: fullers and weavers.
  • St. Bregwin of Canterbury Born: Saxony (in modern Germany). Died: 764.
  • St. Eleutherius of Auxerre Died: 561.
  • St. Elias of Syracuse Died: 660.
  • St. Felix of Pistoia Also called Felix of Pistoja.
  • St. Irenaeus of Rome Died: drowned c.258 in the sewers of Rome, Italy.
  • St. Jeanne Elizabeth des Bichier des Anges Born: 5 July 1773 at La Blanc, Charente, France. Died: 26 August 1838 La Puye, Vienne, France. Canonized: 6 July 1947 by Pope Pius XII.
  • St. Maximilian of Rome
  • St. Orontius of Lecce Born: 22 in Lecce, Italy. Died: beheaded. Patronage: against cholera (his intercession ended an outbreak in 1851), Acaya, Italy, Botrugno, Italy, Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy, diocese of, Campi Salentina, Italy, Diso, Italy, Lecce, Italy, city of, Lecce, Italy, archdiocese of, and others.
  • St. Pandwyna Born: Irish. Died: c.904.
  • St. Rufinus of Capua
  • St. Secundus the Theban Died: martyred c.287 in Agaunum.
  • St. Teresa de Gesu, Jornet y Ibars Born: 9 January 1843 at Aytona, Lleida, Spain. Died: 26 August1897 in Liria, Valencia, Spain. Canonized: 27 January 1974 by Pope Paul VI. Patronage: people rejected by religious orders. Also called Teresa of Jesus Ibars.
  • St. Victor of Caesarea Died: crucified in Caesarea, Mauritania (in modern Algeria). Also called Vittore.
  • St. Victor the Martyr Born: Cereza, Spain. Died: crucified c.950 in Spain. Also called Vitores.

Blessed (15)

  • Blessed Alejandro Más Ginester Born: 13 December 1876 in Benisa, Alicante, Spain. Died: shot 14 times on 25 August 1936 in Vergel, Alicante, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Father Pedro of Benisa.
  • Blessed Fèlix Vivet Trabal Born: 23 January 1911 in San Feliu de Torelló, Barcelona, Spain. Died: shot on 25 August 1936 on the side of the road. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Herluin Born: Normandy (in modern France). Died: 1078.
  • Blessed Ioachim Watanabe Jirozaemon Born: c.1551 in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan. Died: 26 August 1606 in prison Yatsushiro, Kumamoto. Beatified: 24 November 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Joaquín Watanabe Jirozaemon.
  • Blessed Jacques Retouret Born: 15 September 1746 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France. Died: 26 August 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Jean Bassano Born: 1360 at Besançon, France. Died: 1445.
  • Blessed Jean of Caramola Born: c.1280 in Toulouse, France. Died: 26 August 1339 at the abbey of Santa Maria del Sagittario in Naples, Italy. Also called Giovanni.
  • Blessed Juan Segura Rubira Born: 21 September 1881 in Purchena, Almería, Spain. Died: 26 August 1936 in Cuestas de Belinchón, Cuenca, Spain. Beatified: 25 March 2017 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Juan Urgel Died: 26 August 1513 in the Mercedarian convent in Barcelona, Spain.
  • Blessed Levkadia Harasymiv Born: 30 September 1911 at Rudnyky, Lviv District, Ukraine as Levkadia Harasymiv. Died: 28 August 1952. Beatified: 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine. Also called Levkadia Herasymiv and Leukadia, Laurentia, Lavrentia, Lorenza, Leucadia.
  • Blessed Margaret of Faenza Born: at Faenza, Italy. Died: 1330. Also called Margarita of Faenza, Margherita of Faenza, and Marguerite of Faenza.
  • Blessed Maria Corsini Beltrame Quattrocchi Born: 24 June 1884 at Florence, Italy. Died: 26 August 1965 in Serravalle, Arezzo, Italy. Beatified: 21 October 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified Born: 5 January 1846 at Abellin, Galilee, Palestine as Mary Baouardy. Died: 26 August 1878 at Bethlehem. Canonized: 17 May 2015 by Pope Francis. Also called Al Qiddisa, Maram Baouardy, Maria di Gesu Crocifisso, Mariam Baouardy, and Marie of Jesus Crucified.
  • Blessed Stanislaus Han Jeong-Heum Born: 1756 in Gimje, Jeolla-do, South Korea. Died: 26 August 1801 in Gimje, Jeolla-do, South Korea. Beatified: 15 August 2014 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Vyevain of York Died: 1285.

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 Celano Died: c.159 in the Marsica region of Italy. Patronage: Celano, Italy.

Other (1)

  • Melchizedek the Patriarch Also called Melchisedech.

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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