Feast of St. Hormisdas, Pope. Successor to St. Symmachus, and father of Pope St. Silverius. Ended the Acacian Schism in 519. Died in 523.
Monthly Archives: August 2018
Feast of St. Nonna of Nazianzus
Feast of St. Nonna of Nazianzus, the wife of St. Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder, & mother of St. Gregory of Nazianzus (Gregory the Theologian), St. Caesarius, & St. Gorgonia. She lived in Cappadocia, present-day Turkey. Patron of death of children and information services.
Feast of St. Aspren
Feast of St. Aspren, First Neapolitan Bishop, cured and baptized by St. Peter. Patron of Naples, Italy and invoked against migraine.
Feast of St. Peter Julian Eymard
Feast of St. Peter Julian Eymard, Apostle of the Eucharist, French priest and founder the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament and the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament.
Feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori
Feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Italian bishop, spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, theologian & Doctor of the Church, founder, Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists). Patron of Theologians, confessors and moralists.