Weather and Nature

Saints in August: the calendar day by day

Every day in August with its General Roman Calendar celebration, liturgical rank and colour.

1
  • Saint Alphonsus Mary Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church · Memorial · white
2
  • Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop · Optional memorial · white
  • Saint Peter Julian Eymard, Priest · Optional memorial · white
3Weekday with no proper memorial
4
  • Saint John Mary Vianney, Priest · Memorial · white
5
  • The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major · Optional memorial · white
6
  • The Transfiguration of the Lord · Feast of the Lord · white
7
  • Saint Cajetan, Priest · Optional memorial · white
  • Saint Sixtus II, Pope, and Companions, Martyrs · Optional memorial · red
8
  • Saint Dominic, Priest · Memorial · white
9
  • Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin and Martyr · Optional memorial · white / red
10
  • Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr · Feast · white / red
11
  • Saint Clare, Virgin · Memorial · white
12
  • Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious · Optional memorial · white
13
  • Saints Pontian, Pope, and Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs · Optional memorial · white / red
14
  • Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Priest and Martyr · Memorial · white / red
15
  • The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary · Solemnity · white
16
  • Saint Stephen of Hungary · Optional memorial · white
17Weekday with no proper memorial
18Weekday with no proper memorial
19
  • Saint John Eudes, Priest · Optional memorial · white
20
  • Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church · Memorial · white
21
  • Saint Pius X, Pope · Memorial · white
22
  • The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary · Memorial · white
23
  • Saint Rose of Lima, virgin · Optional memorial · white
24
  • Saint Bartholomew, Apostle · Feast · red
25
  • Saint Joseph Calasanz, Priest · Optional memorial · white
  • Saint Louis · Optional memorial · white
26Weekday with no proper memorial
27
  • Saint Monica · Memorial · white
28
  • Saint Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church · Memorial · white
29
  • The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, Martyr · Memorial · red
30Weekday with no proper memorial
31Weekday with no proper memorial

This month on the sanctoral

What August's calendar holds

August has 25 of its 31 days carrying a fixed celebration on this calendar, and 4 of those dates reach feast or solemnity rank.

Day 2 is the busiest day of the month, with 2 celebrations on the same calendar — in that case, the higher rank is the one that applies that year.

The twelve months

Saints with their own page

This page follows the General Roman Calendar. It is not an official publication of the Holy See. The dates, the liturgical rank and the colour come from LitCal, an open community project (Apache-2.0 licence), and the text is ours, written from open sources. For your diocese or parish calendar, ask your diocese.

Your diocesan, national or religious-order calendar may list other saints on these days, in addition to those of the General Roman Calendar.