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Saints of 31 August

35 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 31 August, with short facts.

Saints (17)

  • St. Cyprian of Carthage Born: 190 in Carthage, North Africa. Died: beheaded 14 September 258 in Carthage, North Africa. Patronage: Algeria (proclaimed on 6 July 1914 by Pope Pius X). Also called Thaschus Caecilius Cyprianus and Thascius Caecilius Cyprian. Date differs between sources; also kept on 16 September.
  • St. Aidan of Lindesfarne Born: Irish. Died: 31 August 651 at Bamburg, England. Also called Apostle of Northumbria and Aedan of Lindisfarne.
  • St. Ammi of Caesarea Died: c.270 at Caesarea, Cappadocia, Asia Minor.
  • St. Aristides the Philosopher Also called Aristides of Athens and Aristide Marciano.
  • St. Barbolenus of Bobbio Died: c.640.
  • St. Caesidius Died: 3rd century on the shores of Lake Fucino near Rome, Italy. Also called Cesidio.
  • St. Cuthburgh of Wimborne Died: c.725. Also called Cuthburg, Cuthburga.
  • St. Cwenburgh of Wimborne
  • St. Joseph of Arimathea Born: Arimathea, Palestine. Died: 1st century. Patronage: coffin-bearers, pallbearers, funeral directors, morticians, undertakers, tin miners, tin smiths, Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Vancouver, Glastonbury cathedral, and Prayer. Also called Joseph of Glastonbury.
  • St. Mark of Milan Died: in Milan, Italy.
  • St. Nicodemus Died: 1st century.
  • St. Optatus of Auxerre Died: c.530.
  • St. Paulinus of Trier Born: Gascony, France. Died: 358 in Phrygia, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey).
  • St. Raymond Nonnatus Born: 1204 at Portella. Died: 31 August 1240 at Cardona, Spain. Beatified: 5 November 1625 by Pope Urban VIII (cultus confirmed). Canonized: 1657 by Pope Alexander VII (canonized). Also called Raymund Nonnatus and Raimundo Nonato.
  • St. Robustian of Milan Died: in Milan, Italy.
  • St. Rufina of Caesarea Died: c.270 at Caesarea, Cappadocia, Asia Minor.
  • St. Theodotus of Caesarea Died: c.270 at Caesarea, Cappadocia, Asia Minor.

Blessed (7)

  • Blessed Andrew Dotti Born: 1256 at Borgo San Sepolcro, Tuscany, Italy. Died: 31 August 1315 in Montevecchio, Italy. Beatified: 29 November 1806 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmed). Also called Andrea Dotti.
  • Blessed Bernardo Cembranos Nistal Born: 20 August 1903 in Villaquite, León, Spain. Died: shot in the early morning of 31 August 1936 in Gijón, Asturias, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis. Also called Eustaquio of Villaquite.
  • Blessed Conn O'Rourke Born: c.1549 in Breifne (now in counties Leitrim and Cavan), Ireland. Died: 31 August 1579 in Kilmallock, Limerick, Ireland. Beatified: 27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy. Also called Conn, Connus, Cornelius.
  • Blessed Germán Martín y Martín Born: 9 February 1899 in San Cristobál de Priero, Oviedo, Spain. Died: shot in the early morning hours of 31 August 1936 in the cemetery Aravaca, Madrid, Spain. Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Isidoro Primo Rodríguez Born: 4 April 1881 in Adalia, Palencia, Spain. Died: shot in the head on 31 August 1936 in Pozo de la Lagarta, Tabernas, Almería, Spain. Also called Edmigio, Edmigius.
  • Blessed Patrick O'Healy Born: in Dromahaire, Leitrim, Ireland. Died: 31 August 1579 in Kilmallock, Limerick, Ireland. Beatified: 27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy. Also called Pádraig Ó Héilí.
  • Blessed Pere Tarrés i Claret Born: 30 May 1905 in Manresa, Barcelona, Spain. Died: 31 August 1950 in his clinic in Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 5 September 2004 by Pope John Paul II in Loreto, Italy.

Martyr groups (3)

  • 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 Pozo de la Lagarta
  • Martyrs of Prague

Other (8)

  • Agylus of Orléans
  • Coemed Maccu Baird
  • Enswida of Folkestone
  • Evergislus of Meaux
  • Martin Gotsfrucht
  • Maurentius of Fossombrone
  • Wala of Corbie
  • Waldef of Croyland

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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