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Saints of August 5

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Wednesday of the eighteenth week of Ordinary Time

  • Green
  • Year II
  • Psalter week 2

Optional memorial: The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major

Mass readings

  • First readingJer 31:1-7
  • PsalmJer 31:10-13
  • GospelMt 15:21-28

Read the readings in full

  • Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Our Lady of the Snows)
  • Saint Nonna of Nazianzus
  • Saint Paris of Teano
  • Saint Eusignius of Antioch
  • Saint Abel of Lobbes
  • Saint Cassian of Autun
  • Saint Memmius of Châlons
  • Saint Emygdius of Ascoli
  • Saint Frodulphus of Saintonge
  • Saint Venantius of Viviers
  • Saint Euthymius I of Constantinople

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