August
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The beginning of the August Fast in preparation for the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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4
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6
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The Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ
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St. Lawrence
Martyr Deacon; Rome; 258. Surely everyone knows the story of his martyrdom, how he was being bar-bee-qued on a flatiron, and after a while said, "You can turn me over now. This side is done." Such as he are our heros.
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St. Clare of Assisi
Virgin Abbess; 1253.
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12
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14
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The last day of the August Fast.
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The Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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St. Helena
Empress; c 328. By tradition a native of Britain. Mother of the Emperor Constantine and the finder of the True Cross.
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St. Bartholomew the Apostle
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St. Augustine of Hippo
Bishop and Doctor of the Church; 430.
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The Beheading of St. John the Baptizer
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St. Fiacre
Hermit; Meaux, France; 670. Irish. Patron saint of Parisian taxi-cab drivers, gardeners, herbalists, and those who suffer with haemorrhoids and syphilis, and presumably other venereal diseases, including AIDS. The wonders never cease in a Calendar of the saints!
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St. Aidan of Lindisfarne
Bishop of Lindisfarne & Apostle of Northumbria; 651.
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