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| List All Saints in Alphabetical Order | |||||
| Christian Saints | ||
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| St. Alphonsus | ||
| August 1 | Died: 1787 AD | |
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Patron Saint of Confessors, and Theologians. Lawyer, author, and preist, his writings included Glory of Mary, and Moral Theology. | ||
| St. Eusebius of Vercelli | ||
| August 2 | Died: 315 AD | |
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Preist who opposed Arian beleifs. | ||
| St. Peter Julian Eymard | ||
| August 2 | Died: 1868 AD | |
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Established the Sevants of the Blessed Sacrament whose nuns devote themselves to perpetual adoration. | ||
| St. John Vianney | ||
| August 4 | Died: 1859 AD | |
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Patron Saint of Priests. Priest who served in a small French town, but who had an international reputation as a confessor and spiritual advisor.
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| St. Cajetan | ||
| August 7 | Died: 1547 AD | |
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Church Reformer. | ||
| St. Sixtus II | ||
| August 7 | Died: 248 AD | |
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Pope who was martyred in 248 AD during Christian persecution by Roman Emperor Valeian. Friend of Saint Lawrence. | ||
| St. Dominic | ||
| August 8 | Died: 1221 AD | |
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Patron Saint of Astronomers. Founded Dominican Order. Died 1221 AD. | ||
| St. Lawrence | ||
| August 10 | Died: 248 AD | |
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Patron Saint of Cooks, and Restauranteurs. Invoked against lumbago, and fire. Also invoked for the protection of vineyards. Martyred in 248 AD during Christian persecution by Roman Emperor Valeian. | ||
| St. Maximilian | ||
| August 14 | Died: 1941 AD | |
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Polish Franciscan Priest who was interred at Aushwitz concentration camp. He offered his life to save another prisoner, and was executed by the Nazis in 1941. | ||
| St. Jane Frances de Chantal | ||
| August 18 | Died: 1641 AD | |
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Founder of the Order of Visitation. | ||
| St. John Eudes | ||
| August 19 | Died: 1670 AD | |
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Norman Priest whose family was wiped out by a plague. Founded several seminaries, and congregations. | ||
| St. Stephen of Hungary | ||
| August 20 | Born: ~957 AD, Died: 1038 AD | |
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Saint Stephen of Hungary (c 957-1038 AD) is the patron saint and founder of Hungary. He was a Magyar. In 1000 AD, he became king, and under his rule Hungary was united for the first time as an independent nation. Saint Stephen of Hungary Day is a legal holiday in Hungary. In 1950, the communist government changed the observance to Constitution Day in honor of Hungary's first constitution adopted on August 20, 1920. However, in 1990 the observance was changed back to Saint Stephen of Hungary Day. | ||
| St. Rose of Lima | ||
| August 23 | Born: 1586 AD, Died: 1617 AD | |
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Patron Saint of Latin America and the Philippines. Saint Rose of Lima was Dominican nun who became the first person in the New World to be canonized as a saint. She was born in Lima, Peru in 1586 AD. Her feastday is a national holiday in Peru. | ||
| St. Bartholomew (Nathanael) | ||
| August 24 | Died: 1st century | |
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One of the original 12 Apostles of Christ. Brought to gospel to India, Armenia, Persia, and Egypt. | ||
| St. Joseph Calasanz | ||
| August 25 | Died: 1648 AD | |
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Priest who founded the congregation of Piarists, which is dedicated to combating vice among the poor. | ||
| St. Louis King of France | ||
| August 25 | Died: 1270 AD | |
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Patron Saint of Tertiaries. Ninth King of France, led a crusade in 1238. | ||
| St. Augustine of Hippo | ||
| August 28 | Died: 430 AD | |
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Patron Saint of Brewers.
Greatest Doctor of the Church. Author of City of God. Martyred in 430 AD during a Vandal invasion. | ||
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