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Saints of 29 August

40 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 29 August, with short facts.

Marian titles (2)

  • Our Lady of Tears
  • Our Lady of the Guard

Saints (22)

  • St. John the Baptist Died: beheaded c.30 at Machaerus. Patronage: against convulsions or spasms, epileptics and against epilepsy, against hail and hailstorms, baptism, bird dealers, converts, convulsive children, cutters, and others. Date differs between sources; also kept on 24 June.
  • St. Adausia of Rome Also called Adavisa.
  • St. Adelphius of Metz Born: c.400. Died: 5th century. Canonized: 3 December 1049 by Pope Leo IX. Also called Adelfo, Adelfus, Adelphe, Adelphus.
  • St. Alberic of Bagno de Romagna Born: Ravenna, Italy. Died: c.1050 at Sarsina, Forli, Italy. Also called Alberico.
  • St. Basila of Sirmium Died: c.300 in Sirmium, Pannonia (modern Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia).
  • St. Candida of Rome
  • St. Edwold the Hermit
  • St. Eufrasia of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Eluvathingal Born: 7 October 1877 in Edathuruthy, Thrissur, Kerala, India as Rosa Eluvathingal. Died: 29 August 1952 in Ollur, Thrissur, Kerala, India. Canonized: 23 November 2014 by Pope Francis. Also called Euphrasia of the Sacred Heart, Rosa Eluvathingal, and Mother Euphrasia.
  • St. Euthymius of Perugia Died: 4th century in Perugia, Italy.
  • St. Jeanne Jugan Born: 25 October 1792 at Les Petites-Croix, Cancale. Died: 29 August 1879 at Saint-Pern. Canonized: 11 October 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Marie de la Croix and Marie of the Cross.
  • St. Maximian of Vercelli Died: 478 in Vercelli, Italy.
  • St. Medericus Born: Autun, France. Died: c.700. Also called Merry, Mederico.
  • St. Nicaeus of Antioch Died: Antioch, Syria.
  • St. Paul of Antioch Died: Antioch, Syria.
  • St. Repositus of Velleianum Died: c.303 at Velleianum, Italy.
  • St. Sabina of Rome Died: 126 in Rome, Italy. Patronage: Avezzano, Italy, diocese of.
  • St. Sabina of Troyes Died: c.275.
  • St. Sator of Velleianum Died: c.303 at Velleianum, Italy. Also called Satyrus.
  • St. Sebbe of Essex Died: 697. Also called Sebba, Sebbi, Sebbo.
  • St. Velleicus Born: British Isles.
  • St. Victor of La Chambon
  • St. Vitalis of Velleianum Died: c.303 at Velleianum, Italy.

Blessed (11)

  • Blessed Bronislava of Poland Born: 1200 at Kamien, Lubelskie, Poland as Bronislawa Odrowaz. Died: 29 August 1259 at Zwierzyniec, Lubelskie, Poland. Beatified: 23 August 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmed). Also called Bronislava Odrowaz, Bronislava of Cracow, and Bronislawa....
  • Blessed Dominik Jedrzejewski Born: 4 August 1886 in Kowal, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. Died: 29 March 1942 in the Dachau concentration camp, Oberbayern, Germany. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland.
  • Blessed Edmund Rice Born: 1 June 1762 in Westcourt, Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Died: 29 August 1844 at Mount Sion, Waterford, Ireland. Beatified: 6 October 1996 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Ignatius Rice and Edmund Ignatius Rice.
  • Blessed Filippa Guidoni Died: 29 August 1335. Also called Felipa Guidoni.
  • Blessed John of Perugia Died: beheaded in 1231 in Valencia, Spain. Beatified: 11 September 1704 by Pope Clement XI (cultus confirmed).
  • Blessed José Almunia López-Teruel Born: 18 March 1870 in Tíjola, Almería, Spain. Died: shot 30 times on 29 August 1936 in El Abriojal, Rioja, Almería, Spain. Beatified: 25 March 2017 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Louis-Wulphy Huppy Born: 1 April 1767 in Rue, Somme, France. Died: 29 August 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Peter of Sassoferrato Died: beheaded in 1231 in Valencia, Spain. Beatified: 11 September 1704 by Pope Clement XI (cultus confirmed).
  • Blessed Richard Herst Born: Lancashire, England. Died: hanged on 29 August 1628 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Also called Richard Hurst and Richard Hayhurst.
  • Blessed Sancja Szymkowiak Born: 10 July 1910 in Mozdzanów, Wielkopolskie, Poland as Janina Szymkowiak. Died: 29 August 1942 in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland. Beatified: 18 August 2002 by Pope John Paul II at Krakow, Poland.
  • Blessed Teresa Bracco Born: 24 February 1924 in Santa Giulia, Dego, Savona, Italy. Died: shot on 28 August 1944 in the woods near Santa Giulia, Dego, Savona, Italy. Beatified: 24 May 1998 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.

Other (4)

  • Beatrice of Nazareth
  • Ferdinando de Incapié
  • Pietro Romero
  • Verona of Mainz

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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