August Holy Days and Festivals

1: St Ethelwold (ca. 912-984); Lammas: The day started by breaking up a one year old quarter loaf of bread and leaving it for the birds. Bread played a very important part in this holiday, and often entire courses consisted of nothing but bread dishes. At the end of the feast, everyone was given a loaf of bread with a lighted candle in it. The celebrants formed a circle and the steward led them around the hall three times. The candles were snuffed and all but one-quarter of the bread was eaten. The remainder would be saved for the next year to feed the birds.
2: St Eusebius (d. ca. 371); St Stephen (d. 257)
3: St Walthof (d. ca. 1160)
6: St Sixtus (d. 258)
8: St Dominic (1170-1221)
9: St Oswald (604-642)
10: St Laurence (d. 258)
11: St Susanna (d. ca. 295)
12: St Clare (1193-1253)
13: St Hippolytus (d. ca. 252); St Radegund (518-587)
16: St Roch (1350-1380); St Stephen of Hungary (977-1038)
17: St Hyacinth (1185-1257); St Clare of Montefalco (d. 1308)
18: St Helen (d. ca. 326)
19: St. Canutus (d. 1086)
20: St Bernard (1091-1153)
22: St Symphorianus (d. ca. 200)
23: St Philip Beniti (1233-1385)
24: St Bartholomew (first century); St Ouen (ca. 600-684)
25: St Ebbe (d. 683); St Louis (1215-1270)
26: St Zephryinus (d. 217)
27: St Caesarius (ca. 470-542); St Monica (332-387)
28: St Augustine (354-430)
30: St Fergus (eighth century); St Aidan (d. 651)

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