saints of the month august
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Saint of the Day (August 31) from navigate53 1178 days old
AUGUST 31 ST. AIDAN Aidan was a seventh-century Irish monk. He lived at the great monastery of Iona, which St. Columban had founded. St. Oswald ...
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Saint of the Day (August 30) from navigate53 1178 days old
AUGUST 30 ST. PAMMACHIUS Pammachius was a distinguished Christian layman who lived in the fourth century. As a young student, he had become friends ...
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Saint of the Day (August 29) from navigate53 1180 days old
AUGUST 29 BEHEADING OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST St. John the Baptist was a cousin of Jesus. His mother was St. Elizabeth and his father was Zechariah. ...
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Saint of the Day (August 28) from navigate53 1181 days old
AUGUST 28 ST. AUGUSTINE St. Augustine was born in Tagaste in modern Algeria on November 13, 354. This famous son of St. Monica spent many years ...
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Saint of the Day (August 27) from navigate53 1182 days old
AUGUST 27 ST. MONICA It was in Tagaste, northern Africa, that this famous mother of St. Augustine was born in 332. She was brought up as a good ...
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Saint of the Day (August 26) from navigate53 1183 days old
AUGUST 26 ST. ELIZABETH BICHIER Elizabeth was born in 1773. As a little girl, her favorite game was building castles in the sand. Many years later, ...
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Saints of the Day (August 25) from navigate53 1184 days old
AUGUST 25 The current Roman calendar lists two saints on August 25. Their stories are briefly presented here one after the other. ST. LOUIS OF ...
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Saint of the Day (August 24) from navigate53 1185 days old
AUGUST 24 ST. BARTHOLOMEW "Bartholomew" was one of the first followers of Jesus. This apostle's other name was Nathaniel. He came from Cana in ...
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Saint of the Day (August 23) from navigate53 1186 days old
AUGUST 23 ST. ROSE OF LIMA This South American saint was born in Lima, Peru, in 1586. Her real name was Isabel, but she was such a beautiful baby ...
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Saint of the Day (August 22) from navigate53 1187 days old
AUGUST 22 MARY, OUR QUEEN How can we spend this day in honor of Mary? We might want to whisper a Hail Mary when we are doing chore or walking, ...
