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  • 2026.08.17: 

Monday in the 20á”—Ê° Week in Ordinary Time

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (KaposvĂĄr)

Blessed Bartolomé Laurel, religious and martyr (Jerez de la Frontera)

Blessed Enrique Canadell, priest and martyr (Girona)

Blessed Élisabeth Turgeon, virgin (Rimouski)

Blesseds Luis de Sotelo, Pedro de ZĂșñiga and BartolomĂ© Laurel, religious and martyrs (Sevilla)

Our Lady of Knock (Ireland)

Saint Beatrice of Silva, virgin (Angola, Cabo Verde, Colombia, Portugal, Toledo)

Saint Clare, virgin (LeĂłn)

Saint Donatus of Montevergine, monk (Montevergine, Teggiano–Policastro)

Saint Hyacinth of Poland, priest (Extraordinary Form, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, Berlin, Saint-Hyacinthe)

Saint Jeanne Delanoue, religious (Angers)

Saint Jeroen, priest and martyr (Rotterdam)

Saint Maximilian Kolbe, priest and martyr (Ambrosian)

Saint NicolĂČ Politi, hermit (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, CefalĂč, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani)

Saint Ursicin, martyr (Đakovo–Osijek)

Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesia)

  • 2026.08.18: 

Tuesday in the 20á”—Ê° Week in Ordinary Time

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Acireale, Catania, VĂĄc)

Blessed Charles Collas du Bignon, priest and martyr (Laval)

Blessed Janina Szymkowiak, religious (Kalisz, PoznaƄ)

Blessed Leonard of Cava, abbot (Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni)

Blessed Martyrs of the Ships of Rochefort (Bourges, La Rochelle, Limoges, Moulins, Nancy, Poitiers, Périgueux, Saint-Dié, Tulle, Verdun)

Blessed MartĂ­n MartĂ­nez Pascual, priest, and companions, martyrs (Zaragoza)

Blessed NicolĂĄs Factor, priest (Madrid, Valencia)

Blessed Paola Montaldi, virgin (Mantova)

Blessed Rainald of Concorezzo, bishop (Ravenna–Cervia)

Blessed Victoria Rasoamanarivo (Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda)

Blesseds Jacques Morelle-Dupas and Jean-Baptiste Duverneuil, priests and martyrs (AngoulĂȘme)

Blesseds Jean-Baptiste Loir and Nicolas Sauvouret, priests and martyrs (Belfort–MontbĂ©liard, Besançon)

Feria: 12á”—Ê° Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)

Saint Agapitus of Palestrina, martyr (Extraordinary Form, Palestrina)

Saint Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, priest (Chile)

Saint Donatus of Sisteron, priest (Digne)

Saint Donatus, priest, and Saint Maur, abbot (Gap–Embrun)

Saint Ezequiel Moreno DĂ­az, bishop (Tarragona)

Saint Helena (Slovakia, Trier)

Saint John Eudes, priest (Hungary, Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño, Tarragona)

Saint Leonard of Noblac, abbot (Gaeta)

Saint Patrick of Malaga, bishop (MĂĄlaga)

Saint Pius X, pope (Jaén, Rieti)

Tuesday in the Week after the 12á”—Ê° Sunday after Pentecost (Ambrosian)

  • 2026.08.19: 

Wednesday in the 20á”—Ê° Week in Ordinary Time

Saint John Eudes, priest

Wednesday in the Week after the 12á”—Ê° Sunday after Pentecost (Ambrosian)

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (EƂk, Reno)

Blessed Guerric of Igny, abbot (Tournai)

Blessed Jordan of Pisa, priest (Pisa)

Blessed Luis Flores, priest and martyr (Antwerpen)

Blessed Pedro ZĂșñiga and Blessed Luis Flores, priests and martyrs (Mexico)

Saint Bartholomew of Simeri, abbot (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)

Saint Bernard, abbot and doctor of the Church (Hungary)

Saint Ezequiel Moreno DĂ­az, bishop (Colombia, Philippines, Spain)

Saint Helena (Jaca)

Saint Louis of Toulouse, bishop (FrĂ©jus–Toulon, Marseille, Nocera Inferiore–Sarno, Valencia)

Saint Magin of Tarragona, martyr (Tarragona)

Saint Magnus of Trani, bishop and martyr (Anagni–Alatri, Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino, Gaeta, Rieti)

Saint Oswin, king and martyr (Hexham and Newcastle)

  • 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)

Martyrology

  • 2026.08.17: 

Saint Myro, priest and martyr

Saint Mammes, martyr at Cesarea

Saint Eusebius, pope

Saint Jeroen van Noordwijk, priest and martyr

Saint Elias, monk

Saint NicolĂČ Politi, hermit

Blessed Alberto, priest at Siena

Saint Chiara della Croce, Augustinian virgin

Saint Beatriz da Silva y de Menezes, virgin

Saints Iacobus Tomonaga Gorƍbyƍe, Dominican priest, and MichaĂ«l Kurƍbyƍe, martyrs of Japan

Saint Jeanne de la Croix Delanoue, virgin, founder of the Sisters of of Saint Anne of Providence

Blessed Noël-Hilaire le Conte, priest, martyr of France

Blessed Enrique Canadell Quintana, Piarist priest, martyr of Spain

  • 2026.08.18: 

Saint Agapito, martyr at Palestrina in Lazio

Holy martyrs of Utica

Saint Leo, martyr at Myra

Saint Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine

Saint Firmin, bishop of Metz

Saint Éon, bishop of Arles

Saint Macarius, hegumen of Constantinople

Blessed Leonardo, abbot of Cava

Blessed Rinaldo da Concorezzo, bishop of Ravenna

Blessed Paola Montaldi, virgin and Clarisse abbess

Blessed Antoine Bannassat, priest and martyr of France

Blessed Francisco Arias MartĂ­n, priest and martyr of Spain

Blesseds Jaime Falgarona Vilanova and Atanasio Viadaurreta Labra, Claretian religious, martyrs of Spain

Blessed MartĂ­n MartĂ­nez Pascual, priest and martyr of Spain

Blessed Vicente MarĂ­a Izquierdo AlcĂłn, priest and martyr of Spain

Saint Alberto Hurtado, Jesuit priest

  • 2026.08.19: 

Saint John Eudes, priest, founder of the Eudists

Saint Magno, martyr in Lazio

Saint MagĂ­n, martyr

Saint Timothy, martyr at Gaza

Saint Andrew, tribune, and soldier companions, martyrs in Cilicia

Saint Sixtus III, pope

Saint Donat, priest and hermit

Saint Bertulfo, abbot of Bobbio

Saint Sebaldus, hermit

Saint Bartolomeo da Simeri, priest and abbot

Blessed Guerric, abbot of Igny

Blessed Leone, abbot of Cava

Saint Louis, Franciscan, bishop of Tolosa

Blessed Giordano da Pisa, Dominican priest

Blessed Angelo, Camaldolese hermit

Blesseds Luis Flores, Pedro Manrique de ZĂșñiga y Velasco and 13 companions, martyrs of Japan

Blessed Hugh Green (Ferdinand Brooke), priest and martyr of England

Saint Ezequiel Moreno y DĂ­az, Augustinian Recollect, bishop of Pasto

Blessed Francisco de Paula Ibåñez y Ibåñez, priest and martyr of Spain

Blessed TomĂĄs Sitjar FortiĂĄ, Jesuit priest and martyr of Spain

Blesseds Elvira de la Natividad de Nuestra Señora Torrentallé Paraire and 8 companions, Carmelite virgins, martyrs of Spain

  • 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


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