This is the Saint of the Day list of Saints and Blesseds whose feast day falls on August 24 every year.
👉 Saint Bartholomew the Apostle
Saint Emily de Vialar
Saint MarĂa Micaela of the Blessed Sacrament
Saint Jane Antide Thouret
Blessed Veronica Antal
Saint Ouen of Rouen
Blessed Luis Almécija Lázaro
Blessed Miroslav Bulesic
Saint Eutychius of Troas
Blessed Maksymilian Binkiewicz
Blessed Edward Kazmierski
Blessed Jarogniew Wojciechowski
Blessed Franciszek Kesy
Blessed Edward Klinik
Blessed Czeslaw Jozwiak
Blessed Félix González Tejedor
Blessed André Fardeau
Saint George Limniotes
St George Limniotes was born in 635 AD. He was a hermit at Mount Olympus, Bithynia, Asia Minor. In 730 AD, he was mutilated, burned to death and martyred at age 95 under Leo the Isaurian for opposing the iconoclasts.
Saint Irchard
St Irchard was also known as Apostle of the Picts, Erthad, Merchard, Yarcard or Yrchard. He was born in Kincardineshire, Scotland.
He was a spiritual student of Saint Ternan of Culross in the seventh century. He was consecrated as a Bishop in Rome, Italy by Pope Gregory the Great.
Saint Ptolemy of Nepi
St Ptolemy of Nepi was a spiritual student of Saint Peter the Apostle. He was the Bishop of Nepi, Italy and a spiritual teacher of Saint Romanus of Nepi.
He died as a martyr in the 1st century in Nepi, Italy. He is the patron saint of Nepi, Italy.
Blessed Antonio de Blanes
Blessed Antonio de Blanes was a Mercedarian who freed 208 Christians who had been enslaved in northern Africa by Muslims. He died in 1415 AD.
Saint Sandratus
St Sandratus was also known as Sandradus. He was a monk in Trier, Germany.
He was sent by Emperor Otto I to restore the monastery of Saint Gall in 972 AD. He was the Abbot of Gladbach Abbey and Weissenburg Abbey in 981 AD. He died in 986 AD.
Saint Romanus of Nepi
St Romanus of Nepi was a spiritual student of Saint Ptolemy of Nepi and Bishop of Nepi, Italy.
He died as a martyr in the 1st century in Nepi, Italy. He is the patron saint of Nepi, Italy.
Saint Taziano of Claudiopolis
St Taziano of Claudiopolis was also known as Tatian, Tatio or Tazione. He died as a martyr in Claudiopolis, Asia Minor in modern Turkey.
Saint Agofridus of Lacroix
St Agofridus of Lacroix was also known as Agofroi. He was the brother of Saint Leofridus.
He became a Benedictine monk and Abbot of Lacroix Abbey in Normandy, France in 738 AD.
Saint Patrick the Elder
St Patrick the Elder was the Bishop in Ireland. He died of natural causes in 450 AD. His relics were later enshrined at Glastonbury, England.
Saint Abban
St Abban was born Irish.
Saint Abyce
St Abyce was also known as Abycia. She was a nun and Prioress in England.
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;
- Rigoberto Aquilino de Anta Barrio
- Isidre Torres Balsells
- Fortunato Velasco Tobar
- Félix González Tejedor
Other Saints Celebrated Today
- Maria Encarnaciòn Rosal
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