Saints of the day august 16

Saint Roch (s. XIV)
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Blessed Simon Bokusai Kiota y compañeros (s. XVII)
Saint Serena of Roma (s. IV)

Saint Serena in Rome, Empress, wife of Emperor Diocleciano. Converted and baptized by Saint Ciriaco, he practiced the Catholic religion in the Palace of the Emperor, and saved the lives of many Christians, interposing his influence before this monster of cruelty.

Saint Rosa Fan Hui (s. XX)

In the village Fanjiazhuang, near Wujiao, in china of Hebei province, saint Rosa Fan Hui, Virgin and martyr, who, during the persecution unleashed by the followers of the sect "Yihetuan", was thrown into a river covered with wounds, still with life.

Blessed Placido García Gilabert (s. XX)
Blessed Petra de San Jose Pérez Florido (s. XX)
Blessed Lawrence the Cuirassier (s. XIII)
Blessed Ralph of Fusteia (s. XII)
Blessed Jean Baptiste Ménestrel (s. XVIII)
Blessed John Saint Martha (s. XVII)
Saint Teodoro of Sión (s. IV)

Sion in Valais, between the Helvetii (today Switzerland), saint Teodoro, first bishop of that city, who, following the example of St. Ambrose, defended against the Arians Catholic faith and worshipped with magnificence the relics of the martyrs of Agauno (s. IV).

Blessed Gabriel Sanchís Mompó (s. XX)
Saint Frambaldo of Le Mans (s. VII)

In the territory of the Galia Cenomanense (Le Mans), St. Frambaldo, a monk, who spent his life already in solitude, already living in monasteries (c. 650).

Saint Stephen of Hungary (s. XI)
Blessed Enrique García Beltrán (s. XX)
Saint Armagil hermit (s. VI)
Blessed Angelo Agustino Mazzinghi (s. XV)
Saint Beatriz da Silva Meneses (s. XV)

In Toledo, in Spain, saint Beatriz da Silva Meneses, Virgin, who was noble Lady of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, but, preferring a life of greater perfection, then withdrew to the nuns of the order of Saint Domingo for many years and, finally, founded a new order with the title of order of the conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Saint Arsacius of Niconedia (s. IV)