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  Saint of the day September 01  St. Fiacre. Patron of Gardeners and Cab-drivers St. Fiacre (Fiachra) is not mentioned in the earlier Irish calendars, but it is said that he was born in Ireland and that he sailed over into France in quest of closer solitude, in which he might devote himself to God, unknown to the world. He arrived at Meaux, where Saint Faro, who was the bishop of that city, gave him a solitary dwelling in a forest which was his own patrimony, called Breuil, in the province of Brie. There is a legend that St. Faro offered him as much land as he could turn up in a day, and that St. Fiacre, instead of driving his furrow with a plough, turned the top of the soil with the point of his staff. The anchorite cleared the ground of trees and briers, made himself a cell with a garden, built an oratory in honor of the Blessed Virgin, and made a hospice for travelers which developed into the village of Saint-Fiacre in Seine-et-Marne. Many resorted to him for advice, and t...

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  St Aidan of Lindisfarne https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/253

  Gospel in Art: When you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/53144

  Sts. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus, disciples of the Lord - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/08/31/sts--joseph-of-arimathea-and--nicodemus--disciples-of-the-lord.html

  Saint of the day August 31 Bl. Richard Bere, 1537 A.D. English martyr. Born at Glastonbury, he studied at Oxford and the Inns of Court before entering the Carthusians in London. When he and his fellow monks voiced their opposition to the planned divorce of King Henry VIII from Catherine of Aragon, they were starved to death in Newgate Prison. St. Raymond Nonnatus, Roman Catholic Priest. He remained as hostage for several slaves when his money ran out and was sentenced to be impaled when the governor learned that he had converted several Mohammedans. He escaped the death sentence because of the ransom he would bring, but was forced to run the gauntlet. He was then tortured for continuing his evangelizing activities but was ransomed eight months later by Peter Nolasco. Feastday Aug 31 St. Aidan of Lindisfarne, 651 A.D. Aidan of Lindisfarne, born in Ireland, may have studied under St. Senan before becoming a monk at Iona. At the request of King Oswald of Northumbria, Aidan went to ...

  Saint Margaret Clitherow, St Fiacre https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/252

  Gospel in Art: Cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/53140

Saint of the day August 30 STS. FELIX, PRIEST AND ADAUTTO, MARTYRS ON THE VIA OSTIENSE Bl. Edward Shelley, 1588 A.D. English martyr of Warminghurst. He sheltered priests and was hung at Tyburn. Edward was beatified in 1929.   Bl. Richard Leigh, 1588 A.D. English martyr. Born in London, circa 1561, he studied at Reims and Rome and was ordained a priest in 1586. Returning to England, he was arrested and banished. He returned and was again arrested for being a priest and, with Blesseds Richard Martin, Edward Shelley, John Roche, Richard Flowers, and St. Margaret Ward, was executed at Tybum. Richard was beatified in 1929.    St. Richard Martin, 1588 A.D. English martyr. Born in Shropshire, he studied at Oxford and was a devout Catholic. Arrested for giving shelter to priests, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tybum with Blesseds Richard Leigh, Edward Shelley, John Roche, Richard Flowers, and St. Margaret Ward. He was beatified in 1929. St. Pelagius, Arsenius, and...

  Pope: Proclamation of Christ is mission of every Christian - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-08/pope-leo-xiv-saint-andrew-school-evangelization-audience.html

  St John the Baptist https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/251

  Gospel in Art: The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/53133

  St. Sabine - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/08/29/st--sabine--roman-martyr-in-the-homonym-church-on-the-aventino.html

Saint of the day August 29 ST. SABINE, ROMAN MARTYR IN THE HOMONYM CHURCH ON THE AVENTINO, Saint Sabina is a Christian martyr who lived in the second century. She died for the faith around the year 120. Her relics are found in the Basilica of Santa Sabina all'Aventino. The Church remembers her on 29 August.   https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/08/29/st--sabine--roman-martyr-in-the-homonym-church-on-the-aventino.html  ST. ERMETE, MARTYR ON THE VIA SALARIA ANTICA Bl. Richard Herst, 1628 A.D. English martyr, also called Hurst. Born near Preston, Lancashire, England, he was well known as a farmer until being arrested on the charge of murder. He fought with three men who tried to arrest him, and one of them, named Dewhurst, died. In point of fact, he was hanged at Lancaster on August 29 because of his refusal to deny Catholicism. He was offered his freedom if he took the Oath of Supremacy but declined. He was beatified in 1929. St. Edwold, 9th century. A hermit who was th...

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  Faith Before Technology - ZENIT - English https://zenit.org/2025/08/26/faith-before-technology/?eti=26789

  St Augustine of Hippo https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/250

  Gospel in Art: Saint Augustine, Bishop, Doctor https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/53125

  St. Augustine - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/08/28/st---augustine--bishop-of-hyppo-and-doctor-of-the-church.html

 Saint of the day August 28 St. Edmund Arrowsmith, 1628 A.D.  St. Edmund Arrowsmith (1585 - 1628) Edmund was the son of Robert Arrowsmith, a farmer, and was born at Haydock, England. He was baptized Brian, but always used his Confirmation name of Edmund. The family was constantly harrassed for its adherence to Catholicism, and in 1605 Edmund left England and went to Douai to study for the priesthood. He was ordained in 1612 and sent on the English mission the following year. He ministered to the Catholics of Lancashire without incident until about 1622, when he was arrested and questioned by the Protestant bishop of Chester. He was released when King James ordered all arrested priests be freed, joined the Jesuits in 1624, and in 1628 was arrested when betrayed by a young man he had censored for an incestuous marriage. He was convicted of being a Catholic priest, sentenced to death, and hanged, drawn, and quartered at Lancaster on August 28th. He was canonized as one of the Fo...

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  St Monica https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/249

Gospel in Art: Saint Monica https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/53118

  St. Monica - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/08/27/st--monica--mother-of--st--augustine--bishop.html

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 Saint of the day August 27 St. Decuman, 706 A.D. Hermit martyr, also called Dagan . He was Welsh, and he lived as a recluse in Somersetshire, England. There he was murdered in a fashion that led to his veneration as a martyr. St. Malrubius. Martyred hermit of Merns, Scotland. He was slain by Norse invaders who landed in his area and razed the countryside. St.  Etherius, 602 A.D.  Bishop of Lyons, France, who welcomed St. Augustine when he was on his way to England. Pope St. Gregory I the Great  recommended Etherius to St. Augustine. Etherius is some-times listed as Alermius.   St. Monica, Mother of Saint Augustine of Hippo, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, Saint Monica was a woman of profound faith. Fervently observant of the traditions of the Catholic Church, she faced the most difficult moments by placing every hope in God. Her liturgical memory recurs each year on August 27.  Roman Catholic Laywoman and was married by arrangement to a pagan offici...

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