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  • 2026.08.23: 

21Ëąá”— Sunday in Ordinary Time

13á”—Ê° Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)

Sunday before the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian)

  • 2026.08.24: 

Saint Bartholomew, apostle

  • 2026.08.25: 

Tuesday in the 21Ëąá”— Week in Ordinary Time

Saint Joseph Calasanz, priest

Saint Louis

Tuesday in the Week before the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian)

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Tacna y Moquegua, Zagreb, ’s-Hertogenbosch)

Blessed Dominic Methodius Trčka, priest and martyr (Czechia)

Blessed MarĂ­a TrĂĄnsito Cabanillas de JesĂșs Sacramentado, religious (Argentina)

Blessed Michael Carvalho, priest and martyr (Braga)

Blessed Pedro VĂĄzquez, priest, and companions, martyrs (Ourense)

Blesseds Zbigniew StrzaƂkowski, MichaƂ Tomaszek and Alessandro Dordi, priests and martyrs (Chimbote)

Our Lady of Mount Berico (Vicenza)

Saint Genesius of Arles, martyr (Aix)

Saint Victor of Cerezo, martyr (Burgos)

Saints Benedict, John, Matthew, Isaac and Christinus, protomartyrs of Poland (Czechia)

  • 2026.08.26: 

Wednesday in the 21Ëąá”— Week in Ordinary Time

Blessed Ceferino NamuncurĂĄ (Argentina, Chile)

Blessed Dominic of the Mother of God, priest (England, Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino, Palestrina, Viterbo)

Blessed Pietro Acotanto, monk (Venezia)

Feria: 13á”—Ê° Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)

Our Lady Mother of Divine Grace (CittĂ  di Castello)

Our Lady of Custonaci (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, CefalĂč, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani)

Our Lady of Częstochowa (Poland, Russia, Ukraine)

Saint Alexander of Bergamo, martyr (Ambrosian)

Saint Ambrose and Saint Vivianus, bishops (La Rochelle)

Saint Aredius of Limoges, abbot (Limoges)

Saint Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church (Braga)

Saint Caesarius of Arles, bishop (France)

Saint David Lewis, priest and martyr (Wales)

Saint Gerontius of Italica, bishop and martyr (Sevilla)

Saint Gregory of Utrecht, bishop (Trier)

Saint Joan Elizabeth Bichier des Âges, religious (Bayonne, Bourges, Poitiers)

Saint Joseph Calasanz, priest (Blois, CrĂ©teil, Nanterre, Ostrava–Opava, Paris, Saint-Denis)

Saint Junipero Serra, priest (Mexico, Mallorca)

Saint Leontius and Saint Carpophorus, martyrs (Vicenza)

Saint Louis (Ostrava–Opava)

Saint Mary of Jesus Crucified, virgin (Jerusalem)

Saint Maximus, abbot, and Saint Lupantius, hermit (Tours)

Saint Ninian, bishop (Hexham and Newcastle)

Saint Philibert of JumiĂšges, abbot (Aire et Dax)

Saint Simplicius and Sons, martyrs (Avezzano)

Saint Teresa Jornet Ibars, virgin (Bolivia, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Spain, Venezuela)

Saint Zephyrinus, pope and martyr (Extraordinary Form)

Saints Benedict, John, Matthew, Isaac and Christinus, protomartyrs of Poland (Ostrava–Opava)

Wednesday in the Week before the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian)

  • 2026.08.27: 

Saint Monica

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Pannonhalma)

Our Lady of La Vang (HuĂȘ)

Saint Joseph Calasanctius, confessor (Extraordinary Form)

Transverberation of the Heart of Saint Teresa of Jesus (Salamanca)

  • 2026.08.28: 

Saint Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Braga)

Saint Hermes, martyr (Extraordinary Form)

  • 2026.08.29: 

The Passion of Saint John the Baptist, martyr

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Luxembourg, MayagĂŒez)

Our Lady of Valverde (Acireale)

Saint Sabina, martyr (Extraordinary Form, Avezzano)

Martyrology

  • 2026.08.23: 

Saint Rose of Lima, virgin of Third Order Dominicans

Saint Zaccheus, fourth bishop of Jerusalem

Saints Abbondio and Ireneo, martyrs at Rome

Saints Ciriaco and Archelao, martyrs at Ostia

Saint Luppus, martyr in Moesia

Saints Claudius, Asterius and Neon, martyrs in Cilicia

Saint Flavien, bishop of Autun

Saint Eugene, first bishop of Ardstraw

Saint Antonio di Gerace, hermit

Blessed Protais de SĂ©ez Bourdon, Capuchin priest and martyr of France

Blesseds Constantino Carbonell Sempere, Pedro Gelabert Amer and RamĂłn Grimaltos Monllor, Jesuits and martyrs of Spain

Blesseds Florentin PĂ©rez Romero and Urbano Gil SĂĄez, Amigonian religous, martyrs of Spain

Blessed Mariano Juan MarĂ­a de la Cruz GarcĂ­a MĂ©ndez, Dehonian priest, martyr of Spain

Blesseds Rosario de Soano Quintana Argos and Serafina de Ochovi FernĂĄndez Ibero, virgins of the Capuchin Tertiary Sisters of the Holy Family

Blessed Franciszek Dachtera, priest and martyr at Dachau

  • 2026.08.24: 

Saint Bartholomew, apostle

Saint Tation, martyr

Saint Ouen, bishop of Rouen

Saint George Limniota, monk

Birth of Saint Rose of Lima, virgin

Blessed André Fardeau, priest and martyr of France

Saint Jeanne-Antide Thouret, virgin, founder of the Sisters of Divine Charity

Saint Émilie de Vialar, virign, founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Apparition

Saint MarĂ­a Micaela del SantĂ­simo Sacramento, virgin, founder of the Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament

Blessed MarĂ­a de la EncarnaciĂłn Rosal, virgin of the Sisters of Bethlehem

Blessed Maksymilian Binkiewicz, priest and martyr at Dachau

Blesseds CzesƂaw JoĆșwiak, Edward KaĆșmierski, Franciszek Kęsy, Edward Klinik and Jarogniew Wojciechowski, martyrs of Germany

  • 2026.08.25: 

Saint Louis of France, king of France

Saint Joseph Calasanctius, priest, founder of the Piarists

Saints Eusebio, Ponziano, Vincenzo and Pellegrino, martyrs at Rome

Saint GenĂšs, martyrs at Arles

Saint Geroncio, bishop of Italica

Saint Sever, abbot

Saint Menas, bishop of Constantinople

Saint Yrieix, abbot

Saint Gregor, bishop abbot of Utrecht

Saint Thomas de Cantilupe, bishop of Hereford

Blesseds Miguel Carvalho, Pedro de Santa Catalina VĂĄzquez, Luis Cabrera Sotelo and Ludovicus Sasada, priests, and Ludovicus Baba, martys of Japan

Blessed Paul Charles, priest and martyr of France

Blessed MarĂ­a del TrĂĄnsito de JesĂșs Sacramentado, virgin

Blessed Luis Urbano Lanaspa, Dominican priest and martyr of Spain

  • 2026.08.26: 

Saint Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of El Elyon

Saint Massimiliano, martyr at Rome

Saint Anastasius, martyr at Split

Saint Victor, martyr at Cesarea in Mauretania

Saint Alessandro, martyr at Bergamo

Saint Éleuthùre, bishop of Auxerre

Blessed Jacques Retouret, Carmelite priest and martyr of France

Saint Jeanne-Élisabeth Bichier des Âges, virgin, founder of the Sisters of the Cross

Saint Mary of Jesus Crucified Baouardy, Discalced Carmelite virgin

Saint Teresa de JesĂșs Jornet Ibars, virgin, founder of the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly

Blessed Ambrosio de Benaguacil Valls Matamales, Capuchin religious and martyr of Spain

Blessed Pedro de Benisa Mas Ginestar, Capuchin religious and martyr of Spain

Blessed FĂ©lix Vivet Trabal, Salesian religious and martyr of Spain

Blessed Lavrentia Harasymiv, virgin of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, martyr of Russia

Blessed Maria Corsini-Beltrame Quattrocchi, mother of family

  • 2026.08.27: 

Saint Monica, widow

Saint Rufino, bishop of Capua, martyr

Saints Marcellinus, his wife Mannea, and their sons John, Serapion and Peter, martyrs at Constanța

Saint Narno, first bishop of Bergamo

Saint Poemon, abbot in Egypt

Saint Lizier, bishop of Couserans

Saint CĂ©saire, bishop of Arles

Saint Giovanni, bishop of Pavia

Saint Gebardo, bishop of Costanza

Saint Guérin, bishop of Sion

Saint Amédée, Cistercian, bishop of Lausanne

Blessed Angelo da Foligno Conti, Augustinian Hermit priest

Blessed Roger Cadwallador, priest and martyr of England

Blesseds Francisco de Santa MarĂ­a, Franciscan priest, and 14 companions, martyrs of Japan

Saint David Lewis, Jesuit priest and martyr of Wales

Blesseds Jean-Baptiste Souzy, priest, and Uldaric Baptiste Guillaume, Lasalian religious, martyrs of France

Blessed Domenico della Madre di Dio, Passionist priest

Blessed Fernando Gonzålez Añón, priest and martyr of Spain

Blessed RamĂłn MartĂ­ Soriano, priest and martyr of Spain

Blessed MarĂ­a Pilar Izquierdo Albero, virgin of the Missionary Work of Jesus and Mary

  • 2026.08.28: 

Saint Augustine, bishop of Hippo and doctor of the Church

Saint Hermes, martyr at Rome

Saint Pelagius, martyr in Pannonia

Saint Julien, martyr at Brioude

Saint Alexander, bishop of Constantinople

Saint Restitutus, bishop of Carthage

Saint Vicinio, first bishop of Sarsina

Saint Vivien, bishop of Saintes

Saint Moses the Black, anchorite

Saint Florentina, virgin

Blesseds William Dean and 7 companions, martyrs at London

Saint Edmund Arrowsmith, Jesuit priest and martyr of England

Saint JunĂ­pero Serra y Ferrer, Franciscan priest

Blessed Charles-Arnould Hanus, priest and martyr of France

Saint Joaquina de San Francisco Vedruna de Mas, widow, founder of the Carmelites of Charity

Blesseds Juan Bautista Faubel Cano and Arturo Ros Montalt, fathers of family, martyrs of Spain

Blessed Aurelio de Vinalesa Ample Alcaide, Capuchin priest and martyr of Spain

Blessed Alfons Maria od Ducha ƚwiętego Mazurek, priest and martyr of Poland

  • 2026.08.29: 

Passion of Saint John the Baptist

Saint Basilla, virgin at Srijem

Saint Sabina

Saint Adelphe, bishop of Metz

Saint Victor, hermit near Nantes

Saint SĂŠbbi, king of Essex

Saint Merry, priest and abbot of Autun

Blesseds Juan de Perusia and Pedro de Saxoferrato, Franciscan religious, martyrs of Spain

Blessed BronisƂawa, Premonstratensian virgin

Blessed Richard Herst, martyr of England

Blessed Louis-Wulphy Huppy, priest and martyr of France

Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice, founder of Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers

Saint Marie de la Croix Jugan, virgin, founder of the Little Sisters of the Poor

Blessed Constantino Fernåndez Álvarez, Dominican priest and martyr of Spain

Blessed Francisco MonzĂłn Romeo, Dominican priest and martyr of Spain

Blessed Dominik Jędrzejewski, priest and martyr at Dachau

Blessed Sancja Szymkowiak, virgin

Blessed Teresa Bracco, virgin and martyr of Italy


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