This is the Saint of the Day list of Saints and Blesseds whose feast day is August 23 2026.
👉 Saint Rose of Lima, Virgin
Blessed Juan Soler GarcÃa
Saint Éoghan of Ardstraw
Blessed Jean Bourdon
Saint Anthony of Gerace
Blessed Franciszek Dachtera
Blessed Franciszek Dachtera was a Catholic priest from Poland. He served in the Archdiocese of Gniezno and worked as a school prefect in Bydgoszcz, helping to guide young people in faith and discipline.
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, Father Franciszek was arrested on September 17 1939 because of his faith and his work as a priest. He was imprisoned in several places and later sent to the Dachau concentration camp in Germany.
In Dachau, he suffered greatly. He was mistreated and used in cruel so-called medical experiments. He died there on August 23 1944, offering his suffering to God. Because he gave his life for Christ, the Church honors him as a martyr.
Blessed Franciszek was born on September 22 1910 in Salno, Poland, and was beatified on June 13 1999 by Pope St John Paul II.
His life reminds us to remain faithful to Christ, even in great suffering, and to trust in God’s love to the very end.
Saint Tydfil
St Tydfil was also known as Tudful. She was a princess born in the 5th century in Wales. She was the daughter of St Brychan of Brecknock.
She was murdered by pagan Saxons in 480 AD and buried at Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. She is the patron saint of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.
Saint Victor of Vita
St Victor of Vita was born in Carthage and became a bishop in North Africa near modern Tunis, Tunisia in the sixth century.
He was exiled to Sardinia by Arian heretics. In 535 AD, he died of natural causes in Sardinia, Italy
He has writings on the persecutions by the Arian Vandals which have survived.
Saint Apollinaris of Rheims
St Apollinaris was a jailer in Rheims, France. He was a spectator during the martyrdom of Saint Timothy. At this time, Apollinaris was so moved by Timothy’s faith and courage that he converted to Christianity.
In 290 AD, he was beheaded and martyred at Rheims, France.
Saint Lupo of Novi
St Lupo of Novi was also known as Luppo. He was martyred by being stabbed with a sword in Novi (Cezava), Moesia Inferior in modern Bulgaria.
Saint Flavian of Autun
St Flavian of Autun was also known as Flavinian or Flavius. He was the bishop of Autun, France in the seventh century.
Saint Theonilla of Aegea
St Theonilla of Aegea was a pious Christian woman who was drowned and martyred in 285 AD at Aegea, Cilicia in Asia Minor during the persecutions of Pro-consul Lysias.
Saint Domnina of Aegea
St Domnina of Aegea was a pious Christian woman who was drowned and martyred in 285 AD at Aegea, Cilicia in Asia Minor during the persecutions of Pro-consul Lysias.
Saint Zacchaeus of Jerusalem
St Zacchaeus of Jerusalem was also known as Zacharius or Zaccheus. He was the fourth bishop of Jerusalem. He died in 116 AD.
Saint Archelaus of Ostia
St Archelaus of Ostia was a Deacon and one of a group martyred in 235 AD during the persecutions of Alexander Severus.
Saint Quiriacus of Ostia
St Quiriacus of Ostia was a Bishop and one of a group martyred in 235 AD during the persecutions of Alexander Severus.
Saint Maximus of Ostia
Saint Maximus of Ostia was a priest and one of a group martyred in 235 AD during the persecutions of Alexander Severus.
Saint Abbondius of Rome
St Abbondius of Rome died as a martyr at the cemetery of Saint Lawrence, Via Tiburtina, Rome, Italy.
Saint Altigianus
St Altigianus was a Benedictine monk martyred in 731 AD by Saracens at Saint-Seine, diocese of Langres, France.
Saint Ireneus of Rome
St Ireneus of Rome died as a martyr at the cemetery of Saint Lawrence, Via Tiburtina, Rome, Italy.
Saint Hilarinus
St Hilarinus was a Benedictine monk martyred in 731 AD by Saracens at Saint-Seine, diocese of Langres, France.
Saint Minervius of Lyons
St Minervius of Lyons was a martyr who died in Lyons, France in the 3rd century.
Saint Eleazar of Lyons
St Eleazar of Lyons was a martyr who died in Lyons, France in the 3rd century.
Saint Luppus
St Luppus was a Christian slave who was martyred in an unknown location and date.
Martyrs of Agea
The Martyrs of Agea are a group of Christian brothers who were denounced by their step-mother and then tortured, crucified, and martyred in 285 AD outside the walls of Aegea, Cilicia in Asia Minor during the persecutions of Pro-consul Lysias. Their bodies were left to scavengers.
Their names are;
- Asterius
- Claudius
- Neon
Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War
These are the names of some of the thousands of people who were murdered from 1934 to 1939, during the anti-Catholic persecutions of the Spanish Civil War.Â
Their names are;
- Blessed Vicente Alberich Lluch
- Blessed Urbano Gil Sáez
- Blessed Ramón Grimaltos Monllor
- Blessed Petra MarÃa Victoria Quintana Argos
- Blessed Pere Gelabert Amer
- Blessed Nicolás Alberich Lluch
- Blessed Mariano GarcÃa Méndez
- Blessed Manuela Justa Fernández Ibero
- Blessed Lorenzo Ilarregui Goñi
- Blessed José Polo Benito
- Blessed FlorentÃn Pérez Romero
- Blessed Estanislau Sans Hortoneda
- Blessed Constantino Carbonell Sempere
Other Saints of the Day for August 23 2026
- Ferdinand of Cardona
- Anthony the Ethiopian
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