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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

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30 August The Saint of the Day  St. Pammachius, Member of the Roman Senate Sts. Felix, priest and Adautto, Martyrs on the via Ostiense

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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. St. Ermete, Martyr on the via Salaria antica

St. Sabine, Roman Martyr in the homonym Church on the Aventino 29 August St. Sabine, Roman Martyr in the homonym Church on the Aventino  (© Musei Vaticani) Sabina lived in the second century. A Roman noble, she was was killed in hatred of the faith by decapitation. According to the best information available, Sabina was a Pagan, given in marriage to a Senator, Valentinus. She converted to Christianity through the influence of a slave girl, Serapia. Persecution and martyrdom Together, at night, Sabina and Serapia descended into the catacombs, where at that time the Christians gathered in secret to escape persecution. The second century AD was in fact one of ...

Bl. Laurentia Herasymiv, was a nun who joined the Sisters of Saint Joseph in 1933 and was Martyred Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Bloc. Aug 28

Bl. Teresa Bracco, In WW II an enraged soldier throttled her until she choked. He shot her twice with his revolver and to vent his rage, crushed part of her skull with his boot. Teresa had fulfilled her intention: "I would rather be killed than give in". Aug 28

Bl. Aurelio da Vinalesa, Aurelio was a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. Martyred during the Second Spanish Republic. Aug 28

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St. Augustine, Bishop of Hyppo and Doctor of the Church 28 August St. Augustine, Fra Angelico (MET)  (© MET) Augustine’s mother, St. Monica, reared him in the Catholic faith, but he did not follow her example. A lively, witty and exuberant teenager, Augustine undertook the study of rhetoric, giving brilliant performance and showing enormous promise. He loved life and its pleasures, displayed a profound gift for friendship, experienced passionate love, adored the theater, sought  fun and entertainment.  In Carthage, where he went to study, he fell in love with a girl. Since she was of a lower social class, he took her as his concubine, but did not marry.  They had a son, Adeodatus (whose name means “God...

St. Margaret the Barefooted-Roman Catholic Laywoman Wife and model of charity. She was born into a poor family at San Severino, Ancona, Italy. Married at fifteen, she suffered through ill treatment from her husband with prayer, while begging alms for the poor and sick. She walked as barefooted as the lowliest beggar. Feastday Aug 27 Patron of brides, difficult marriages, victims of abuse, widows

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St. Monica, Mother of St. Augustine, Bishop 27 August St. Monica, Nicolò di Pietro  (© Musei Vaticani) Of Berber stock, Monica was born in northern Africa in 331, in the town of Thagaste, to a wealthy family with strong Christian traditions. She learned the teachings of Sacred Scripture with great devotion: prayer and assiduous practice of the sacraments forged her interiority, and she was active in the service of the Church community. She married Patricius, an ambitious, irascible pagan who was unfaithful unfaithful to her. Gentle, benevolent, and capable of finding the right moment in dialogue, with her “method” of waiting, patience and prayer - which she su...

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26 August The Saint of the Day  St Zephirin, Pope St. Maximilian, Martyr on the via Salaria antica St. Alexander, Martyr of Bergamo

St. Genesius, During a stage performance before Emperor Diocletian in Rome, the actor Genesius portrayed a catechumen about to be baptized in a play satirizing the Christian sacrament. In the midst of the ceremony he was suddenly converted to Christianity. When presented to the Emperor, he declared his Christianity. Enraged, Diocletian had him turned over to Plautian, prefect of the praetorium, who tortured him in an effort to force him to sacrifice to the pagan gods. When Genesius persisted in his faith, he was beheaded. Genesius is the patron of actors. Feast day is Aug. 25. 

Bl. Louis Sotelo, Franciscan martyr of Japan. Louis Was a noble of Spain, who was ordained and sent to Manila, Philippines, in 1601. He went to Japan in 1603 but was exiled. Returning to Spain in 1613, he visited Rome in 1622, and then went again to Japan. He was arrested in Nagasaki and burned alive at Shimabara. Feastday Aug 25 

St. Patricia Roman Catholic patron of Naples, and like St. Januarius there, a vial believed to be filled with her blood reportedly liquefies thirteen hundred years after her death. Feast Aug. 25

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: King St. Louis of France : (c) Stephanie A. Mann, 2012 Today, August 25, would be the memorial of St. Louis, King of France if it were not a Sunday. He is one of ...

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Date 25 August The Saint of the Day . St. Louis, King of France Popular memory preserves Louis IX, King of France, in the image of a sovereign who used to render justice to his subjects under an old oak tree that stood hard by his castle in Vincennes. In fact, Louis struck his contemporaries for his sense of justice, for his deep piety and great charity. St. Joseph Calasanz, priest, Founder of Piarists