Feast of St. Candida Maria of Jesus, founder, Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus, a congregation for the education of children and the advancement of the women in Salamanca, Spain. Patron of Educators and Daughters of Jesus also known as Hijas De Jesus.
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Feast of St. Dominic of Caleruega
Feast of St. Dominic of Caleruega, Castilian priest and founder, Dominican Order. Patron of Astronomers, astronomy, Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo Pueblo, Valletta, Birgu (Malta), Managua and falsely accused people.
Feast of St. Cajetan
Feast of St. Cajetan, priest, lawyer, reformer, founder, Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence (Theatines). Patron of bankers, the unemployed, workers, gamers, gamblers, job seekers, Albania, Italy, Argentina, Brazil, El Salvador and Guatemala.
Feast of St. Hormisdas
Feast of St. Hormisdas, Pope. Successor to St. Symmachus, and father of Pope St. Silverius. Ended the Acacian Schism in 519. Died in 523.
Feast of St. Hormisdas
Feast of St. Hormisdas, Pope. Successor to St. Symmachus, and father of Pope St. Silverius. Ended the Acacian Schism in 519. Died in 523.
Feast of St. Nonna of Nazianzus
Feast of St. Nonna of Nazianzus, the wife of St. Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder, and mother of St. Gregory of Nazianzus (Gregory the Theologian), St. Caesarius and St. Gorgonia. She lived in Cappadocia, present-day Turkey. Patron of death of children and information services.
Feast of St. Jean Baptist Marie Vianney
Feast of St. Jean Baptist Marie Vianney, the “Curé of Ars”, parish priest of Ars, France, confessor & director of souls. Patron of parish priests, confessors, Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Archdiocese of Kansas City.
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.