August
Universal Calendar
Liturgical Calendar
Universal Calendar
Date | Celebration | Rank |
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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 |
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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 |
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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- The Universal Calendar can be superseded by Regional, National & Diocesan Calendars