Saint of the day

Saint of the Day: August 21

On August 21, the church around the world remembers 10 saints and blesseds, including Cyriaca, Euprepius, Sidonius Apollinaris.

Remembered on August 21

Cyriacasaint
? to 249
Euprepiussaint
? to 300
Sidonius Apollinariscanonized saint
430 to 489 · Ancient Rome
Victoire Rasoamanarivosaint
1848 to 1894 · Madagascar
Pius Xblessed
1835 to 1914 · Kingdom of Italy
Władysław Findyszblessed
1907 to 1964 · Poland
Abraham PaleostrowskiThe Venerable
? to 1460
Abraham of Smolenskthaumaturge
1172 to 1221
Abraham the LaboriousThe Venerable
1300 to 1400
Athanasios III of Constantinoplethaumaturge
1597 to 1654 · Ottoman Empire

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.

Join the family of God, in every age

The saints are not distant strangers but the same body of Christ you belong to. Pray, read the Word, and gather with the living family of God on The Living Bread, free, with no ads.

Get the appThe Christian year

Sources: saint records and feast days from Wikidata and Wikipedia, both freely licensed. If you find an error, email support@living-bread.org and we will correct it.

Enter Living Breadprayer, Scripture, a family near you