August

Universal Calendar

Liturgical Calendar

Universal Calendar

August — Universal Calendar
Date Celebration Rank
Date Celebration Rank
1 St Alphonsus Liguori, bishop, doctor of the Church memorial
2 St Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop;
St Peter Julian Eymard, priest, religious founder
4 St John Vianney, priest memorial
5 The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major
6 The Transfiguration of the Lord feast
7 St Sixtus II, pope, martyr, and his Companions, martyrs;
St Cajetan, priest, religious founder
8 St Dominic, priest memorial
9 St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin, martyr
10 St Lawrence, deacon, martyr feast
11 St Clare, virgin, memorial
12 St Jane Frances de Chantal
13 Ss Pontian, pope, and Hippolytus, priest, martyrs
14 St Maximilian Maria Kolbe, priest, martyr memorial
15 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary solemnity
16 St Stephen of Hungary
19 St John Eudes, priest
20 St Bernard, abbot, doctor of the Church memorial
21 St Pius X, pope memorial
22 The Queenship of the Virgin Mary memorial
23 St Rose of Lima, virgin
24 St Bartholomew, apostle feast
25 St Louis; St Joseph Calasanz, priest
27 St Monica memorial
28 St Augustine, bishop, doctor of the Church memorial
29 The Beheading of St John the Baptist, martyr memorial
  • If no rank is given the celebration is an Optional Memorial.
  • The Universal Calendar can be superseded by Regional, National & Diocesan Calendars