Saints of 14 August
The feast, the saints of the day, and the Roman Martyrology for 14 August.
Feasts in 2026
Friday 14 August 2026.
- Ordinary Form: St Maximilian Kolbe. Memorial, red.
- 1962 calendar: Vigil of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Second class, white. Also kept: S. Eusebius, Confessor.
Feasts that depend on the date of Easter fall on a different day each year.
Saints of the day
- St Maximilian Kolbe. Franciscan martyr of charity at Auschwitz.
Roman Martyrology
The Vigil of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The vigil of the Assumption of the blessed Virgin Mary.
St Eusebius, priest (Rome)
At Rome, the birthday of the blessed priest Eusebius, who for the defense of the Catholic faith was shut up in a room of his own house by the Arian emperor Cons tan tius, where constantly persevering in prayer for seven months, he rested in peace. His body was removed by the priests Gregory and Orosius, and buried in the cemetery of Callistus, on the Appian road.
St Ursicius of Dalmatia
In Dalmatia, St. Ursicius, a martyr, who was beheaded for Christ, after suffering various torments, under the emperor Maximian, and the governor Aristides.
St Demetrius of Africa
In Africa, St. Demetrius, martyr.
St Marcellus of Apamea
At Apamea, in Syria, St. Marcellus, bishop and martyr, who was killed by the exasperated Gentiles, for having pulled down a temple of Jupiter.
St Callistus of Todi
At Todi, St. Callistus, bishop and martyr.
St Athanasia, widow
In the island of Egina, St. Athanasia, widow, celebrated for monastical observance, and the gift of miracles.
St Maximilian Mary Kolbe
At Auschwitz, St Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Franciscan priest, who offered his life in place of a fellow prisoner and father of a family. Canonised 1982.
From the 1916 English edition of the Roman Martyrology, which is in the public domain. Saints canonised since then are added with a short note.
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