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Saints of 30 August

39 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 30 August, with short facts.

Saints (18)

  • St. Adauctus of Rome Died: beheaded c.303 in Rome, Italy. Also called Adautto.
  • St. Agilus Born: c.580 in Gaul (modern France). Died: c.650 at Rebais, France. Also called Agilo, Ayeul, Aisle, Ail, Aile.
  • St. Arsenius the Hermit Died: c.950.
  • St. Boniface of Hadrumetum Died: c.250 in Hadrumetum, North Africa (modern Soussa, Tunisia).
  • St. Bononius of Lucedio Born: Bologna, Italy. Died: 30 August 1026 in Bologna, Italy.
  • St. Fantinus of San Mercurius Died: c.980. Also called Fantinus of Calabria, Fantinus the Younger, and Fantino.....
  • St. Felix of Rome Died: beheaded c.303 in Rome, Italy.
  • St. Fiacre Died: 18 August 670. Patronage: against barrenness or sterility, against fistula, against haemorrhoids or piles, against venereal disease, box makers, cab or taxi drivers, costermongers, florists, and others.
  • St. Gaudentia of Rome
  • St. Loarn Also called Loaran.
  • St. Margaret Ward Born: at Congleton, Cheshire, England. Died: hanged. Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI. Patronage: martyrs and torture victims.
  • St. Pammachius Born: 340. Died: 410 at Rome, Italy.
  • St. Pelagius the Hermit Died: c.950.
  • St. Peter of Trevi Born: Carsoli, Italy. Died: 1050 in Trevi, Italy.
  • St. Rumon of Tavistock Died: 6th century. Patronage: Tavistock, England and Romansleigh, England. Also called Ronan, Roman.
  • St. Sylvanus the Hermit Died: c.950.
  • St. Thecla of Hadrumetum Died: c.250 in Hadrumetum, North Africa (modern Soussa, Tunisia).
  • St. Theodosius of Oria Also called Teodosio de Oria.

Blessed (19)

  • Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster Born: 18 January 1880 at Rome, Italy as Alfredo Ludovico Luigi Schuster. Died: 30 August 1954 at Venegono, Italy. Beatified: 12 May 1996 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Alfredo Ludovico Luigi Schuster.
  • Blessed Ángel Alonso Escribano Born: 18 January 1897 in Valdunciel, Salamanca Spain. Died: shot on 30 August 1936 in Barranco del Chisme, Almería, Spain. Beatified: 25 March 2017 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Antonio Girón González Born: 11 December 1871 in Campo, León, Spain. Died: 30 August 1936 in Madrid, Spain Venerated 24 April 2021 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom).
  • Blessed Diego Ventaja Milán Born: 22 June 1880 in Ohanes, Almería, Spain. Also called Didaco.
  • Blessed Edward Shelley Born: c.1530 in Warminghurts, Sussex, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
  • Blessed Ero di Armenteira Died: 1167.
  • Blessed Eustáquio van Lieshout Born: 3 November 1890 at Aarle-Rixtel, North Brabant, Netherlands as Humberto van Lieshout. Died: 30 August 1943 at Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Beatified: 15 June 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Eustachius van Lieshout, Hubertus van Lieshout, and Humberto van Lieshout.
  • Blessed Giovanni Giovenale Ancina Born: 19 October 1545 at Fossano, Piedmont, Italy. Died: murdered on 30 August 1604 in the cathedral at Saluzzo, Italy. Beatified: 9 February 1890 by Pope Leo XIII. Patronage: Fossano, Italy, Works, Tempio Armonico della Beatissima Vergine, and , a collection of spiritual songs.
  • Blessed John Roche Born: Irish. Died: hanged 1588 at Tyburn, London, England. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Patronage: boatmen, mariners, sailors, watermen. Also called John Neele and John Neale.
  • Blessed José Ferrer Adell Born: 23 April 1879 in Albocácer, Diocese of Tortosa, Castellón, Spain. Died: 30 August 1936 on the road outside Villafamés, Castellón, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Father Joaquin of Albocácer.
  • Blessed Manuel Medina Olmos Born: 9 August 1869 in Lanteira, Granada, Spain. Also called Emmanuel.
  • Blessed María Rafols-Bruna Born: 5 November 1781 at Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona, Spain. Died: 30 August 1853 in Zaragoza, Spain. Beatified: 16 October 1994 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Raimondo of Santa Grazia
  • Blessed Riccardo of Lotaringia Born: Lorraine (in modern France). Died: 30 August 1155. Also called Riccardo of Lotharingia and Ricardo of....
  • Blessed Richard Flower Born: c.1566 in Anglesey, Wales. Died: hanged on 30 August 1588 in Tyburn, London, England. Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Richard Floyd, Richard Flud, Richard Graye, Richard Lloyd, and Addtional Memorial.
  • Blessed Richard Leigh Born: c.1561 at Cambridgeshire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Also called Richard Garth and Richard Earth.
  • Blessed Richard Martin Born: Shropshire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
  • Blessed Vicente Cabanes Badenas Born: 25 February 1908 in Torrent, Valencia, Spain. Died: 30 August 1936 in hospital in Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Yusuf Nehme Born: March 1889 at Lehfed, Jabal Lubnan, Lebanon. Died: 30 August 1938 in Kfifane, Batrun, Ash Shamal, Lebanon. Beatified: 27 June 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Estfan Nehmé, Joseph Nehme, and Stephen Nehme.

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 Colonia Suffetulana Died: Colonia Suffetulana, Africa.

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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