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  • 2026.08.20: 

Saint Bernard, abbot and doctor of the Church

Saint Herbert Hoscam, bishop (Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Conza–Nusco–Bisaccia)

Saint Stephen of Hungary (Hungary)

  • 2026.08.21: 

Saint Pius X, pope

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Hexham and Newcastle)

Friday in the 20á”—Ê° Week in Ordinary Time (JaĂ©n, Rieti)

Saint Bonosus and Saint Maximianus, martyrs (Jaén)

Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, widow (Extraordinary Form)

Saint Privatus of Mende, bishop and martyr (Mende)

  • 2026.08.22: 

The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Saint-Claude, Utrecht)

Our Lady of Canneto (Sora–Cassino–Aquino–Pontecorvo)

Our Lady of Olives (Saint-Flour)

Our Lady, Queen of the World (Oakland)

Saints Timothy, Hippolytus and Symphorian, martyrs (Extraordinary Form)

The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Extraordinary Form)

  • 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)

Martyrology

  • 2026.08.20: 

Saint Bernard, abbot of Clairvaux and doctor of the Church

Saint Samuel, prophet

Saint Mesme, abbot of Chinon

Saint Philibert, abbot of Noirmoutier

Saints Leovigildo and CristĂłforo, martyrs at Cordoba

Saint Bernardo, abbot, founder of the Olivetan Congregation

Blesseds Louis-François Lebrun, canon regular, and Gervais-Protais Brunel, Trappist priest, martyrs of France

Saint Maria De Mattias, virgin, founder of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ

Birth of Saint Pius X, pope

Blessed MatĂ­as Cardona Meseguer, Piarist priest, martyr of Spain

Blessed MarĂ­a Climent Mateu, virgin and martyr of Spain

Blessed WƂadysƂaw Mączkowski, priest and martyr at Dachau

  • 2026.08.21: 

Saint Pius X, pope

Saints Agatonicus, Zoticus and companions, martyrs at Tracia

Saint Ciriaca, widow and martyr at Rome

Saint Quadratus, bishop of Utica, martyr

Saint Euprepio, first bishop of Verona

Saint Lussorio, martyr in Sardinia

Saints Bassa, and her sons Theogonius, Agapius and Fidelis, martyrs at Edessa

Saint Privat, bishop of Mende, martyr

Saint Sidoine Apollinaire de Clermont, bishop of Clermont

Blesseds Bernardo, Cistercian monk, Maria and Gracia, martyrs of Spain

Saint Giuse Ðáș·ng Văn ViĂȘn, priest and martyr of Vietnam

Blessed Victoire Rasoamanarivo, widow

Blessed Salvador Estrugo Solves, priest and martyr of Spain

Blessed RamĂłn PeirĂł VictorĂ­, priest and martyr of Spain

Blessed Brunon Zembol, martyr at Dachau

  • 2026.08.22: 

The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Saint Symphorianus, martyr

Saint Timoteo, martyr at Rome

Saint Philip Benizi, Servite priest

Blessed Giacomo Bianconi, Dominican priest

Blessed Timoteo da Monticchio, Franciscan priest

Blessed Thomas Percy, martyr of England

Blesseds William Lacey and Richard Kirkman, priests and martyrs of England

Saint Joachim of Saint Anne Wall, Franciscan priest and martyr of England

Saint John Kemble, priest and martyr of England

Blessed Bernardo da Offida Peroni, Capuchin religious

Blessed Élie Leymarie de Laroche, priest and martyr of France

Blessed Symeon Lukach, clandestine bishop of the Ukrainian Church, martyr of Ukraine

  • 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


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