Saint of the day August 23

Saint of the day August 23

STS. ABBONDIO AND IRENEAUS, MARTYRS ON THE VIA TIBURTINA

St. Tydfil, 480 A.D. Welsh martyr, reportedly from the clan of Brychan. She was slain by a group of pagan Picts or Saxons and is venerated at Merthyr-Tydfil, Glamorgan. Wales.  

St. Ebba, 870 A.D. Martyr Abbess of Coldingham, England, on the Scottish border, called “the Younger.” She and her nuns were martyred by Danes in an invasion. She mutilated her face to discourage rape by the invading Danes. The raiders set fire to Coldingham, killing all of the nuns.  

St. Eugene, 6th century. Irish missionary to England who became the first bishop of Ardstraw, in Tyrone, Ireland, now Derry. He is also listed as Eoghan, Enny, and Owen. He was born in Leinster, Ireland, and was a relative of St. Kevin of Glendalough. Kidnapped as a child, he spent years as a slave before returning to Ireland. There he helped St. Tigernach found Clones Monastery in 576.

St. Philip Benizi,  Roman Catholic Servite cardinal and preacher. Aug. 23

St. Rose of Lima, Roman Catholic Dominican Nun the patroness of Latin America and the Philippines

STS. ZACHARY AND ELIZABETH,