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title: "St. Cajetan: Feast Day August 7 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-cajetan/
description: "St. Cajetan, Priest, patron of job seekers and the unemployed. Remembered on August 7, died 1547. Read their life in Bless."
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Priest · Remembered on August 7

# St. Cajetan

St. Cajetan is remembered on August 7 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of job seekers and the unemployed.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [August 7](https://blessbible.app/saints/august/#7) |
| Title | Priest |
| Died | 1547 |
| Patron of | [job seekers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#job-seekers), [the unemployed](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#unemployed) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Saturday, August 7, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-cajetan/#calendar) |

## Life

A Venetian lawyer-priest who founded the Theatines to reform the clergy by living the apostolic life — owning nothing, not even begging: waiting on Providence alone. He founded hospitals for incurables and pawnshop-banks to free the poor from usurers, and died on a bed of ashes at Naples.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Cajetan as patron of job seekers and the unemployed.

[Job seekers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#job-seekers) [Unemployed](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#unemployed)

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Cajetan. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Saturday, August 7, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/08/07/) | Saturday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Deuteronomy 6:4-13 · Psalm 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 47 and 51 · See 2 Timothy 1:10 · Matthew 17:14-20 |
| [Monday, August 7, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/08/07/) | Monday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Jeremiah 28:1-17 · Psalm 119:29, 43, 79, 80, 95, 102 · Matthew 4:4 · Matthew 14:13-21 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[August 6 St. Hormisdas](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-hormisdas/) [August 8 St. Dominic](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-dominic/)

[All the saints of August](https://blessbible.app/saints/august/) [Born on August 7?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#08-07) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Cajetan

Remembered on August 7

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-cajetan/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-cajetan/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-cajetan/#calendar)

In the app

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