The Saint of the day 7 August is San Sisto II, which name day is celebrated and other saints who are celebrated on this date.

San Sisto II

Sixtus was ordained bishop of the church of Rome in 257.

The following year, while celebrating the sacred liturgy in the cemetery of Callisto, he was arrested in homage to the edict of Valeriano and killed on the spot together with four Roman deacons on August 6.

He was then buried in the same cemetery.

He is revered as a saint by the Catholic and Orthodox Christian Church, in Pisa he was the old patron of the city which after August 6, 1284, following the defeat in the Battle of Meloria, was no longer celebrated.

Other saints and celebrations of August 7

• San Sixtus II and companions

Pope and martyrs



• Santa Afra

Martyr

• Blessed Agatangelo de Vindocino Nourry and Cassiano from Nantes Vaz Lopez-Netto

Capuchin priests, martyrs

• Blessed Alberto from Sassoferrato

Camaldolese monk



• St. Albert of the Abbots from Trapani
• San Donato of Arezzo

Bishop and martyr

• San Donato of Besançon

Bishop

Recommended readings
• August 6: saint of the day, name day
• August 5: saint of the day, name day
• August 31: saint of the day, name day
• August 19: saint of the day, name day
• August 26: saint of the day, name day
• San Donaziano

Bishop

• Blessed Edmund Bojanowski

Layman, founder

• Blessed Giordano Forzatè

Benedictine abbot of Padua

• Blessed Martino of S. Felice Woodcock, Edoardo Bamber and Tommaso Whitaker

Martyrs

• San Miguel De La Mora De La Mora

Mexican martyr

• Blessed Nicola Postgate

Martyr

• Blessed Vincenzo de L'Aquila

Religious

അനുദിന വിശുദ്ധർ (Saint of the Day) August 7th - Saint Cajetan (April 2024)