Saint of the day August 13

 Saint of the day August 13

St. William Freeman, 1595 A.D. English martyr. Born in East Riding, Yorkshire, he studied at Oxford and was converted to Catholicism in 1586 by the martyrdom of Blessed Edward Stransahm at Tyburn. He went to Reims, France, where he was ordained in 1587. He went back to England the following year, and labored for the English mission in Worcestershire and Warwickshire until arrested in early 1595. Seven months later he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Warwick on August 13. William was beatified in 1929.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Freeman_(martyr)#:~:text=William%20Freeman%20(c.,by%20Pius%20XI%20in%201929.

STS. PONTIAN, POPE AND MARTYR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pontian 

St. Hippolytus, Roman Catholic Martyr of Rome with Concordia and other companions. Feastday Aug 13

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolytus_of_Rome

ST. CASSIAN, MARTYR-https://www.bartleby.com/210/8/132.html

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/419897

Saint Philomena, Roman Catholic Virgin and Martyr. Saint Philomena is a figure wrapped in mystery and for this reason was excluded from the Roman Martyrology of 1961. The Church remembers her on August 13, and an immense devotion surrounds her, especially in her Sanctuary, where her relics are preserved, venerated by pilgrims from around the world.  Patroness of the Living Rosary and the Patroness of the Children of Mary, is the only person recognized as a saint solely on the basis of her powerful intercession, although pertinent revelations regarding her life have been recorded. Her relics are now preserved in Mugnano. 

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/08/13/saint-philomena.html 

St. Wigbert, 738 A.D. Abbot and missionary. Originally an English monk, he traveled to Germany, where he accepted the invitation of St. Boniface, who wanted his help in the missionary field and who named him abbot of Fritzlar, near Cassel, France. After a number of years, he was transferred to Ohrdruf, in Thuringia, Germany, but Boniface gave him permission to return to Fritzlar, where he died.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wihtberht

ST. JOHN BERCHMANS,JESUIT, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berchmans

 

ST. MAXIMUS THE CONFESSOR, He gave up an enviable civil career to become a monk. Articulating the faith against the heresy of monothelitism, this Father of the Church lost his tongue and his hand for confessing the two wills of Christ. His feast day is August 13.  

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/08/13/st--maximus-the-confessor.html