African Saints
2nd: St. Rutilius was a North African martyr, died in the 4th Century |
8th: Blessed Isidore Bakanja was a Congolese labourer and catechist martyred for his faith, died in 1909 |
21st: Blessed Victoire Rasoamanarivo was foundress of the Catholic Action in Madagascar, beatified in 1989, died in 1894 |
24th: 153 martyrs of Utica were thrown into a pit of quicklime in Utica, Tunisia, in 260 |
27th: St. Monica was the mother of St Augustine of Hippo, widowed at age 40, died in 387 |
27th: St. Poemen was a desert monk known for his holiness, and who encouraged frequent Communion, died in 400 |
28th: St. Augustine of Hippo was a Bishop of Hippo Regius (modern Annaba) on coast of Algeria, Doctor of the Church, died in 298 |
28th: St. Moses the Black was a slave, gang leader, who after conversion died a martyr of non-violence on August 28, his feast day. That date providentially coincides with the march to Washington by 200,000 African Americans in 1963, died in 395 |