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Featured Saints in August
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items Saints with August feast days featured at Saints_Aplenty on Zazzle. As a bonus, we have added a section of recommended films and works of historical fiction to inspire you!
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Saints_Aplenty's August Saints
You'll find a wide variety of items from accessories to puzzles depicting Catholic saints at Saints_Aplenty on Zazzle! Some of our strongest sellers are tile-topped wooden gift boxes, house and garden flags, candles of all kinds and sizes, and Christ...
Splendid collection of items featuring St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (1696–1787). St. Alphonsus was an Italian nobleman, a lawyer turned priest, prolific writer, founder of the Redemptorists, Bishop, and Doctor of the Church. + Feast: August 1
St. Alphonsus Liguori COLLECTION (SNV 02)
Another collection featuring St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (1696–1787)… Though depicted standing here, in May 1768, St. Alphonsus had been struck with a terrible attack of rheumatic fever that lasted over a year and left him permanently crippled unt...
St. Alphonsus Liguori (SAU 039) COLLECTION
Yet another collection featuring St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (1696–1787), this time focusing on his achievements as a prolific writer, Bishop, and Doctor of the Church. + Feast: August 1
St. Alphonsus Liguori COLLECTION (VVP 005)
On 17 December 2013, Pope Francis declared Peter Faber a saint by a process known as ‘equipollent canonization’, a process that dispenses with standard procedures and ceremonies in the case of someone long venerated. St. Peter Faber was the Pope’s fa... + Feast: August 1 (August 2 among the Jesuits)
St. Peter Faber COLLECTION (M 051)
A splendid collection of items featuring St. Dominic de Guzman (1170-1221)! St. Dominic was a Castilian Spanish priest who founded the mendicant Order of Preachers (Dominicans). + Feast: August 8
St. Dominic de Guzman COLLECTION (BK 011)
What better way to present the founder of the mendicant Order of Preachers (Dominicans) than, well? Preaching! Here St. Dominis is depicted tonsured and clad in the habit of his order—a belted cream-colored robe and cream-colored scapular under a bla... + Feast: August 8
St. Dominic Preaching COLLECTION (BEN 002)
St. Dominic was marked for The Church by his family even before his birth. His mother, Blessed Joan of (Juana de) Aza, dreamed of a dog with a torch in its mouth. The dream was interpreted to mean that the child she was carrying would set the world o...
St. Dominic de Guzman COLLECTION (PM 02)
According to tradition, St. Dominic’s mother, Blessed Juana (Joan) de Aza, also saw a star on her son’s forehead when he was baptized. That portent reinforced the idea that he was destined for great things. A star became another of St. Dominic’s most...
St. Dominic de Guzman COLLECTION (BK 07)
Known especially for his droll sense of humor, St. Lawrence of Rome (third century) is one of the Eternal City’s most celebrated martyrs. When commanded by the Emperor Valerian to produce The Church’s treasures, he famously presented the sovereign wi...
St Lawrence of Rome COLLECTION (PM 04)
A tongue-in-cheek COLLECTION of some 42 items featuring a splendid painting of c. 1430 by Venetian artist Jacobello del Fiore in which St. Lawrence is depicted being roasted to death on a gridiron. + Feast: August 10 + See our Benable list “Time to Fire Up the Grill! Grilling/Cooking with St. Lawrence” for additional info!
Martyrdom of St Lawrence of Rome COLLECTION (M 22)
For the gardener or nature-lover... St. Clare of Assisi (1194-1253), the first woman to embrace Franciscan Spirituality, is depicted in this collection’s items watering potted plants. Franciscan Spirituality has its origin in the life and thought of ...
St. Clare of Assisi Watering Flowers (M 065)
Inspired by her mentor and lifelong friend St. Francis, St. Clare of Assisi (1194-1253) founded the Poor Ladies of San Damiano. This, the Second Order of St. Francis, would later come to be called the Poor Clares in her memory. This large and varied ...
St. Clare of Assisi (SAU 027) COLLECTION
Six of St Clare's spiritual daughters (early Poor Clare nuns), singly or in combinations of 2, 3, 4 or six… The saints include St. Hyacintha of Mariscotti, St. Agnes of Assisi, St. Colette of Corbie, St. Catherine of Bologna, St. Eustochia Calafato, and Bl. Isabella of France. + Includes some seldom represented saints!
St. Clare's Nuns (SAU 027)
The first of 3 collections devoted to this popular virgin martyr… St. Philomena recounted her life story in a vision to St. John Vianney. Four seldom reproduced mid 19th-century lithographs used as plates in an unidentified book were used to create t...
Martyrdom of St. Philomena
Canonized by Pope Gregory XVI but never enrolled in the Roman Martyrology, St. Philomena’s Church-approved cultus was suppressed in 1961. Nevertheless, the beloved little saint still enjoys widespread, private veneration by the laity because of her r...
St. Philomena COLLECTION (BK 005)
In this lovely image, St. Philomena, garbed in a yellow robe with an orange-red mantle, is depicted crowned with pink and white roses, holding an arrow and a stalk of lilies of purity, and wearing a noose of rope around her neck that is attached to a...
St. Philomena with Anchor COLLECTION (SNV 051)
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St. Tarcisius is patron saint of First Communicants—especially boys making their First Holy Communion. On his way to bring imprisoned Christians the Eucharist during the Valerian persecutions, he was set upon by a pagan mob or gang of ruffian boys an... + Feast: August 15
St. Tarcisius Receiving the Eucharist (BL 02)
Another Saints_Aplenty St. Tarcisius COLLECTION… Though best known as a patron saint of First Communicants—especially boys making their First Holy Communion, St. Tarcisius is also patron of Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (EMHCs) and altar ...
St. Tarcisius of Rome Roundel COLLECTION
St. Rose of Lima (1586-1617) wanted to become a nun, but her father refused to allow it. Eventually, however, she was permitted to join the Third Order of St. Dominic to live out her apostolate at home in a small room and a walled garden with a seclu...
St. Rose of Lima COLLECTION (BK 020)
In this lovely depiction from a devotional print, St. Rose of Lima (1586-1617) stands in a tropical Peruvian landscape at nightfall. St. Rose was the first person born in the Americas to be declared a saint and remains a popular one. She is the prima...
St Rose of Lima COLLECTION (M 24, M 24a and M 24b)
Like St. Anthony of Padua (JM 05) and some other mystics of the Church, St. Rose of Lima (1586-1617) experienced visions of the Christ Child. The image featured in this collection depicts an intimate, tender embrace between St. Rose and the Christ Ch...
St Rose of Lima and Christ Child COLLECTION (M 23)
Finally, here St. Rose is clad in a Dominican habit consisting of a white wimple, cream-colored robe and scapular, black belt and rosary, and a black veil and mantle. On her head, she wears a crown of thorns like St. Catherine of Siena, her role mode...
St. Rose of Lima COLLECTION (K 48)
This collection features a pensive St. Bartholomew (also known as Nathaniel; 1st century) contemplating the sharpness of a knife. Brought to Jesus by St. Philip, the Apostle with whom he is most often associated, St. Bartholomew preached the Gospel a...
St. Bartholomew the Apostle COLLECTION (RLS 03)
Ever get a paper cut? They hurt! Now imagine being skinned alive! Traditionally, St. Bartholomew met a most gruesome martyrdom being flayed or skinned alive. For this reason, his major attributes are a tanner’s or skinning knife... and (not shown her...
St. Bartholomew the Apostle COLLECTION (JMAS 03)
St. Louis IX the King (1214-1270) ruled France for forty-four years guided by his Catholic Christian values. Our principal COLLECTION features a mature, bearded St. Louis carrying the crown of thorns that he secured for France in 1239. This relic was... + Feast: August 25
St. Louis IX the King COLLECTION (PM 05)
A younger beardless portrait of St. Louis the King in a roundel set on a robin’s egg blue or dark peach background… + Feast: August 25
St. Louis IX the King COLLECTION (BK 04)
This COLLECTION features a stylized portrait of St. Louis the King variously framed in a circle, in a barbed quatrefoil, or a rinceau border…
St. Louis IX the King COLLECTION (BK 65 and BK 66)
Ever hear the expression “patience of a saint”? The description fits St. Monica to a “T”! This large collection features St. Monica and her son St. Augustine together and separately as individual portraits. St. Monica was the original helicopter pare...
SS. Monica and Augustine at Ostia (SAU 047)
No, it's not your imagination. You've seen this collection before! St. John the Baptist is the only saint besides the BVM to have feast days celebrating both his birth and death. St. John's birth is celebrated on June 24th; his death by decapitation,... + FYI… September 8th is celebrated as the birthday of Mary, the Blessed Virgin; August 15th, her death or ‘falling asleep’ (the Dormition) and Assumption.
St. John the Baptist COLLECTION (RLS 06)
Movies & Historical Fiction
I grew up in the Biblical Epic and Sword and Sandal era of filmmaking. Historical films and novels still interest me after Lo! these many years. While they're no substitute for non-fiction for accuracy, such films and novels can immerse a person in a...
A short, 30-minute documentary… One of series of saint profiles produced by Sanctus, “your go-to channel for discovering the history and teachings of the saints of the Catholic Church.” Worthwhile.
Who Was Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori? The Story of the Doctor of the Church
A news release with info providing context about the film's production…
FIRST EVER FULL FEATURE FILM ON ST. DOMINIC! — Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary
See the movie in its entirety on YouTube at youtube.com/watch?v=sfNa6C8bkpY Parental guidance is advised. The self-flagellation scenes of St. Dominic are, perhaps, too intense for sensitive souls.
Dominic: Light of the Church (2011) ⭐ 6.6 | Biography
In an age when religious vocations have been declining, the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia have seen a remarkable increase in ‘recruits.’ This is their story.
BELOVED THE DOMINICAN SISTERS OF SAINT CECILIA DVD - ShopCatholic
Short review of a short historical novel about St. Lawrence the Deacon and the the 3rd-century Valerian Persecution…
Novel retells martyrdom of St. Lawrence - The Catholic Sun
The novel itself is expensively available on Kindle! An easy, not especially deep, quick-paced read,… It will, nonetheless, give you a ‘feel’ for the peril of the early Christians.
The Platonia Chamber
2-for-1 URL for documentaries on St Clare's life and on Poor Clare nuns... Fun fact: Did you know St. Clare is the patron saint of television? The reason is the vision she experienced recounted in the first five minutes of the film.
St. Clare of Assisi and Poor Clares | Full Movie | Kingsley McLaren | Arturo Sbicca
Considered the counterculture, flower power, hippie version of these saints' lives, this 1972 Zefferelli film is still worth viewing as a product of its times (the late 1960s and early 1970s), its amazing cinematography, and musical score (English-la...
Brother Sun, Sister Moon [DVD]
A 2007 Italian TV miniseries by Fabrizio Costa in 2 parts. A more historically accurate and balanced treatment of the saints than others cited here enhanced by strong performances. Beautiful, moving, inspirational… + Also available for purchase and s...
Clare and Francis
A 2022 biopic of St. Clare directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli. Anybody seen this yet? If so, where? Looks interesting, but reviews are mixed. + See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiara_(film) + Not to be confused with “A Chiara”--a different movie entirely.
Chiara (2022) ⭐ 5.7 | Biography, History
While this traditional 1961 film focuses on its title character admirably portrayed by Bradford Dillman, it also provides a moving portrayal of St. Clare by Dolores Hart who later became a nun herself. Recommended viewing…
Francis of Assisi
Dolores Hart, who made her movie debut in 1958 with Elvis Presley in” Loving You” and portrayed St. Clare of Assisi opposite Bradford Dillman’s St. Francis in the preceding 1961 movie, left Hollywood in 1963 for good to become a strictly cloistered B...amzn.to/3IQkc6I
God is the Bigger Elvis
The canonization process provides the framework for reviewing St. Rose of Lima’s life and miracles through flashbacks in this 2017 film. Parental guidance is advised for the harrowing visions. + Also available at https://amzn.to/4mtIK42 and at https:...
SAINT ROSE OF LIMA DVD | EWTN Religious Catalogue
Shot on location in Tunisia, this is an epic 2010 two-part TV miniseries chronicles the life of St. Augustine of Hippo. (Also known as Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire.) DVD available for purchase and Streaming purchase or rental also avail...
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
The premise of this 2019 film is that Hedi, an Algerian by birth now working as a Parisian filmmaker, is tasked with filming a documentary on the life and times of St. Augustine. Docudrama style Hedi’s story and Augustine’s are interwoven so as to il...
St. Augustine: Son of Her Tears (2020 | Full Movie
A decent read, but St. Monica's acceptance of domestic violence as a fact of life, however historically accurate, will be justifiably unacceptable to a 21st-century audience. … + Also available for reading free at https://archive.org/details/mybrothe...
My Brothers, Remember Monica: Novel of Augustine's Mother
A novelization of the life of St. Augustine from early boyhood to his death by master storyteller Louis de Wohl… + Also available for reading free at https://archive.org/details/restlessflamenov0000dewo/mode/2up
The Restless Flame: A Novel about Saint Augustine
An interesting, cross-cultural viewing experience… The only theatrical film said to be a biopic of St. John the Baptist is a 1963 black-and-white Malayalam-language (Southwest Indian) film. Curiously, it begins not with Gabriel's appearance to Zachary, John's father, or Mary's Visitation to Elizabeth, his mother, but with the birth of the Christ Child and ends with Jesus' crucifixion. St. John's screen time is actually quite limited and... Read thehindu.com/features/cinema/snapaka-yohannan-1963/article3754188.ece before viewing for the plot. Worth a look, and I do mean a look! I could not get any auto-generated closed captions in English to work
Snapaka Yohannan | Prem Nazir | Malayalam Classic Cinema