Saint of the day August 12

Saint of the day August 12

St. Michael My, Roman Catholic Martyr of Vietnam. He was the mayor of a town in Vietnam when the persecution of Christians started. Michael was martyred with Blessed Anthony Dich, his son-in-law, and with St. James Nam. Feastday Aug. 12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_H%E1%BB%93_%C4%90%C3%ACnh_Hy

St. James Nam, Roman Catholic Vietnamese martyr. A native of Vietnam, he became a priest and joined the Paris Society of Foreign Missions. Seized in the anti Christian persecutions, he was beheaded with Sts. Anthony Dich and Michael My.  Feastday Aug.12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_Martyrs

St. Anthony Peter Dich. Roman Catholic Martyr of Vietnam. He was a native of Vietnam, a farmer who was beheaded for sheltering a priest, St. James Nam. Anthony was canonized in 1988. Feastday Aug.12

https://www.st-anthony.cc/martyr-saints-of-vietnam-english/

St. Just. Patron saint of the church of St. Just, near Penzance, Cornwall, England, also called Justus. It is possible that several saints' lives are present in the accounts of Just's life, as he is variously described as a hermit and martyr. 

 

St. Jambert or Lambert, 792 A.D. Benedictine archbishop of Canterbury, sometimes listed as Lambert. He succeeded St. Bregwin as archbishop in 766. Jambert was the thirteenth prelate of the primal see of England and was noted for his patronage of monasteries and the poor.  

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

St. Merewenna. Patroness of Marharm Church, in Cornwall, England. Sometimes known as Merwenna and Merwinna, she was a daughter of Brychan of Brecknock.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A6rwynn

St. Murtagh, 6th century. Bishop of Killala, Ireland, appointed by St. Patrick. Also called Muredach, he was a member of the royal family of King Laoghaire. Murtagh reportedly met with St. Columba at Ballsodare, near Sligo, in 575. He died as a hermit on Inismurray Island.

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

ST. JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL, RELIGIOUS, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Frances_de_Chantal

B. INNOCENT XI, POPE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_XI