This is the Saint of the Day list of Saints and Blesseds whose feast day falls on August 22 every year.
👉 Queenship of Blessed Virgin Mary
Saint Philip Benizi
Saint John Kemble
Blessed Giacomo Bianconi of Mevania
Saint John Wall
Saint Symphorian of Autun
Saint Andrew of Fiesole
Blessed William Lacey
Blessed Symeon Lukach
Blessed Timoteo da Monticchio
Blessed Élie Leymarie de Laroche
Blessed Bernard Perani
Blessed Richard Kirkman
Saint Sigfrid of Wearmouth
Saint Timothy of Rome
Saint Gunifort
Saint Anthusa of Seleucia
Saint Anthusa was a wealthy laywoman in Seleucia, Asia Minor in the third-century.
She was baptized by Saint Athanasius of Tarsus and converted to Christianity. She lived as a desert hermitess for 23 years after she was driven out of Seleucia due to her faith.
Saint Antoninus of Rome
St Antoninus of Rome was an imperial government executioner in the reign of Commodus.
He converted to Christianity and immediately made a U-turn from all his previous life. He died in 186 AD.
Saint Arnulf of Eynesbury
St Arnulf of Eynesbury was a hermit in the ninth-century who has been venerated for a long time in Arnulphsbury, Cambridgeshire, England.
Saint Athanasius of Tarsus
St Athanasius was the Bishop of Tarsus in Asia Minor. In 257 AD, he was martyred during the persecutions of Emperor Valerian.
Saint Maurus of Rheims
St Maurus of Rheims was a priest who was martyred in 260 AD in Rheims, France. Out of a group of 50 martyrs, only his name has survived.
Saint Ethelgitha of Northumbria
St Ethelgitha was a nun and an Abbess of a convent in Northumbria, England. She died in 720 AD.
Saint Fabrician of Toledo
St Fabrician was also known as Fabricianus. He was martyred in Toledo, Spain.
Saint Philibert of Toledo
St Philibert was also known as Filibert. He was martyred in Toledo, Spain.
Saint Saturninus of Ostia
St Saturninus is a martyr honoured in Ostia, Italy who died in 300 AD.
Saint Epictetus of Ostia
St Epictetus is a martyr honoured in Ostia, Italy who died in 300 AD.
Saint Maprilis of Ostia
St Maprilis is a martyr honoured in Ostia, Italy who died in 300 AD.
Saint Martial of Ostia
St Martial is a martyr honoured in Ostia, Italy who died in 300 AD.
Saint Felix of Ostia
St Felix is a martyr honoured in Ostia, Italy who died in 300 AD.
Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War
These are the names of some of the thousands of people were murdered from 1934 to 1939, during the anti-Catholic persecutions of the Spanish Civil War.
Their names are;
- Blessed Narciso de EstĂ©naga y EchevarrĂa
- Blessed Julio Melgar Salgado
- Blessed Josep RosellĂł Sans
- Blessed Joan Farriol Sabaté
- Blessed Dalmau LlebarĂa TornĂ©
Other Saints Celebrated Today
- Timoteo da Monticchio
- Thomas Percy
- Stefano de Fontsanta
- Ildebrando di Bagnoregio
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