SAINTS of August - List of Saint Feast Days for the Month of August - Inspiring True Stories to Share!

 

Here is a List of Saint Stories for the month of August; Click each title to learn more about these inspiring holy heroes!

August is the Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary : Pray this Novena and Consecration Prayer to help you Spiritually!

Saint August 1 : St. Alphonsus Liguori the Patron of Arthritis, Vocations, and Theologians

Saint August 2 : St. Peter Julian Eymard the Apostle of the Eucharist and Founder

Saint August 2 : Our Lady of the Angels of Portiuncula and How You can get a Special Indulgence Today!

Saint August 3 : St. Gamaliel the Elder - a Teacher of the Apostle St. Paul

Saint August 3 : St. Lydia Purpuraria - Mentioned in the Book of Acts and the Patroness of Dyers

Saint August 4 : St. John Vianney the Patron of Confessors and Parish Priests

Saint August 5 : Our Lady of the Snows the Dedication of Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome

Saint August 6 : Feast of The Transfiguration of the Lord on Mount Thabor

Saint August 7 : St. Cajetan the Patron of Gamblers and Unemployed

Saint August 8 : St. Dominic the Founder of the Dominican Order - Order Preachers 

Saint August 8 : St. Mary Mackillop the 1st Saint of Australia Foundress of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart

Saint August 9 : St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross - Edith Stein a Jewish convert Martyred at Auschwitz

Saint August 10 : St. Lawrence a Deacon and Martyr who Died in 258

Saint August 11 : St. Clare the Founder of the Poor Clares and Patron of Television and Sore Eyes

Saint August 12 : St. Jane Frances de Chantal a Foundress and Patron of the Forgotten

Saint August 13 : St. Radegund a Princess and then Queen of France - Founder of an Abbey in Poitiers

Saint August 13 : St. Hippolytus a former Anti-Pope and the Patron of Prison Guards and Horses

Saint August 14 : St. Maximillian Kolbe who gave his Life for another at Auschwitz and Patron of Drug Addicts, Pro-Life and Journalists

Feast August 15 : Assumption of Mary into Heaven the Solemnity Remembering when Mary was taken to Heaven - Holy Day of Obligation

Saint August 15 : St. Tarsicius : Patron of 1st Communicants and Altar Servers

Saint August 15 : St. Stanislaus Kostka a Jesuit and Patron of Students and Poland 

Saint August 16 : St. Stephen of Hungary - 1st King of Hungary

Saint August 17 : St. Hyacinth a Dominican Priest Known for Miracles and Patron of Pierogi!

Saint August 18 : St. Helena, Mother of Constantine, who Discovered the Cross of Jesus and Patron of Converts, Divorced

Saint August 19 : St. John Eudes a Promoter of the Sacred Heart of Jesus who Died in 1680

Saint August 20 : St. Bernard of Clairvaux the Founder of Cistercians and Patron of Climbers , Beekeepers and Candlemakers 

Saint August 21 : St. Pope Pius X the Patron of Pilgrims and 1st Communicants - who Lowered the Age for 1st Communion

Saint August 21 : Our Lady of Knock of Ireland who appeared in 1879 - with Novena Prayers to Our Lady

Saint August 22 : Queenship of Mary Blessed Virgin Mother of Jesus - #Queenship Feast

Saint August 23 : St. Rose of Lima the Patron of Gardeners and Latin America

Saint August 24 : St. Bartholomew an Apostle and Patron of Nerves, Bookbinders and Cobblers

Saint August 25 : St. Louis IX King of France who Fed Beggars from his Table and Patron of Hairdressers and Secular #Franciscans

Saint August 25 : St. Joseph Calasanctius the Founder of the Piarist Order

Saint August 26 : St. Joan Elizabeth Lucy Bichier des Âges Founder of the Sisters of the Cross who Wanted to Imitate Jesus in his Poverty

Saint August 26 : St. Zephyrinus a former Pope of Rome who had little Education

Saint August 26 : Our Lady of Czestochowa of Poland also known as the Black Madonna 

Saint August 27 : St. Monica, the Mother of St. Augustine, who prayed for his Conversion, and Patron of Mothers, Alcoholics and Victims of Abuse

Saint August 28 : St. Moses the Black of Ethiopian Ancestry who Converted and became a Monk and the Patron of Africa

Saint August 28 : St. Augustine a Convert and Doctor of the Church who is the Patron of Theologians and Printers

Saint August 29 : The Beheading of St. John the Baptist - Martyrdom of the Cousin of Jesus - #JohntheBaptist

Saint August 30 : St. Jeanne Jugan, Founder of the Little Sisters of the Poor, who was on fire with love for God! - with Novena Prayer

Saint August 30 : St. Fiacre a Priest who was Known for Miracles - who Pointed his Crosier at the Earth and it was Ploughed - Patron of Gardeners, Herbalists

Saint August 30 : St. Euphrasia of the Sacred Heart of Jesus who was Known as the "Praying Mother" or "Mobile Tabernacle"

Saint August 31 : St. Raymond Nonnatus - a Pro-Life Saint and the Patron of Pregnant, Midwives and Newborns with Novena Prayer