This is the Saint of the Day list of Saints and Blesseds whose feast day falls on August 31 every year.
Saint Cyprian of Carthage
Saint Raymond Nonnatus
Blessed Pere Tarrés i Claret
Saint Aidan of Lindesfarne
Saint Joseph of Arimathea
Blessed Germán Martín y Martín
Blessed Isidoro Primo Rodríguez
Blessed Andrew Dotti
Saint Nicodemus
Saint Paulinus of Trier
Saint Aristides the Philosopher
Blessed Patrick O’Healy
Saint Cuthburgh of Wimborne
Blessed Conn O’Rourke
Saint Caesidius
Saint Cwenburgh of Wimborne
St Cwenburgh of Wimborne was the sister of Saint Cuthburgh of Wimborne and sister of King Ina of Wessex in England.
She was a Benedictine nun who, together with St Cuthburgh, founded a monastery in Wimborne, Dorset, England, and served as the abbess there. Many of her Wimborne sisters worked as missionaries to Germany.
Saint Theodotus of Caesarea
St Theodotus was married to Saint Rufina of Caesarea. He was the father of Saint Mamas. In 270 AD, he died as a martyr in at Caesarea, Cappadocia, Asia Minor during the persecutions of Aurelian.
Saint Rufina of Caesarea
Saint Rufina was married to Saint Theodotus of Caesarea. She was the mother of Saint Mamas. In 270 AD, he died as a martyr in at Caesarea, Cappadocia, Asia Minor during the persecutions of Aurelian.
Saint Ammi of Caesarea
Saint Ammi of Caesarea was a foster-mother of Saint Mamas. In 270 AD, he died as a martyr in at Caesarea, Cappadocia, Asia Minor during the persecutions of Aurelian.
Saint Optatus of Auxerre
In 529 AD, St Optatus of Auxerre was the Bishop of Auxerre, France. He died of natural causes in 530 AD.
Saint Barbolenus of Bobbio
St Barbolenus was the Abbot in Bobbio, Italy. He died in 640 AD.
Saint Robustian of Milan
St Robustian died in Milan, Italy as an early martyr.
Saint Mark of Milan
Saint Mark died in Milan, Italy as an early martyr.
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 Ventureta Sauleda Paulís
- Blessed Tomás Alonso Sanjuán
- Blessed Miguel Menéndez García
- Blessed Marciano Herrero Martínez
- Blessed Justo Zariquiegui Mendoza
- Blessed José María Palacio Montes
- Blessed Isidro Ordóñez Díez
- Blessed Félix Paco Escartín
- Blessed Enrique Vidaurreta Palma
- Blessed Dionisio Ullivarri Barajuán
- Blessed Bernardo Cembranos Nistal
Other Saints Celebrated Today
- Waldef of Croyland
- Wala of Corbie
- Maurentius of Fossombrone
- Martyrs of Prague
- Martyrs of Pozo de la Lagarta
- Martin Gotsfrucht
- Evergislus of Meaux
- Enswida of Folkestone
- Coemed Maccu Baird
- Agylus of Orléans
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