Saint of the day

Saint of the Day: August 15

On August 15, the church around the world remembers 11 saints and blesseds, including Altfrid, Alypius of Thagaste, David Roldán Lara.

Remembered on August 15

AltfridCatholic saint
800 to 874 · Carolingian Empire
Alypius of Thagastesaint
360 to 430 · Ancient Rome
David Roldán Larasaint
1902 to 1926 · Mexico
Marycanonized saint
-17 to 48
Simpliciansaint
320 to 401
Stanislaus Kostkasaint
1550 to 1568 · Kingdom of Poland
Alberto di Sarteanoblessed
1385 to 1450
Giuliana Puricelliblessed
1427 to 1501
Isidore Bakanjablessed
1887 to 1909 · Democratic Republic of the Congo
María Sagrario de San Luis Gonzagablessed
1881 to 1936 · Spain
Pio Alberto Del Coronablessed
1837 to 1912 · Kingdom of Italy

A great cloud of witnesses

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,Hebrews 12:1 (KJV)

What is a saint's feast day?

A feast day is the day the church gives thanks for a particular Christian and remembers their life and witness. Christians honor the saints not as objects of worship, which belongs to God alone, but as brothers and sisters who ran the race before us and now cheer us on. Traditions differ on how the saints are honored, and the same saint is sometimes remembered on different days in the Catholic, Orthodox, and other calendars; the dates here follow the record kept on Wikidata.

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