Feasts in August
August 1: St. Alphonsus Liguori
August 2: St. Peter Julian Eymard and St. Eusebius of Vercelli
August 4: St. John Vianney and Bl. Frédéric Janssoone
August 5: Dedication of Basilica of St. Mary Major
August 6: Transfiguration of Jesus
August 7: St. Cajetan and Pope St. Sixtus II and Companions
August 8: St. Dominic and St. Mary MacKillop
August 9: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
August 10: St. Lawrence
August 11: St. Clare
August 12: St. Jane Frances de Chantal
August 13: Sts. Pontian and Hippolytus and Bl. Michael J. McGivney
August 14: St. Maximilian Kolbe
August 15: Assumption of Mary
August 16: St. Stephen of Hungary and St. Rocco
August 18: St. Alberto Hurtado
August 19: St. John Eudes
August 20: St. Bernard
August 21: St. Pius X
August 22: Queenship of Mary
August 23: St. Rose of Lima
August 24: St. Bartholomew
August 25: St. Louis of France and St. Joseph Calasanz
August 27: St. Monica
August 28: St. Augustine
August 29: Passion of St. John the Baptist
August 31: St. Joseph of Arimathea
The Transfiguration, Raphael, 1520, last painting of Raphael, currently on display in the Vatican
Assumption of the Virgin, Titian, 1518, remains in the original Church in Venice for which it was painted
Coronation of the Virgin, Diego Velázquez, 1644
Newly Added to the Site
August 4: Bl. Frédéric Janssoone
August 8: St. Mary MacKillop
August 18: St. Alberto Hurtado
August 25: St. Joseph Calasanz
August 31: St. Joseph of Arimathea
Marian Feast Days
August 5: Dedication of Basilica of St. Mary Major
August 15: Assumption of Mary
August 22: Queenship of Mary