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title: "St. Symphorian: Feast Day August 22 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-symphorian/
description: "St. Symphorian, Martyr. Remembered on August 22, died c. 178. Read their life in Bless."
---

Martyr · Remembered on August 22

# St. Symphorian

St. Symphorian is remembered on August 22 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [August 22](https://blessbible.app/saints/august/#22) |
| Title | Martyr |
| Died | c. 178 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Sunday, August 22, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-symphorian/#calendar) |

## Life

A young Christian of Autun who would not bow to the city’s great goddess and was condemned. As he passed, his mother called from the wall for him to remember the living God, since his life was not being taken from him but exchanged for a better one — words carved since on many a church.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Symphorian. 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Sunday, August 22, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/08/22/) | Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time | Green | Joshua 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b · Psalm 34:2-3, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21 · Ephesians 5:21-32 or 5:2a, 25-32 · John 6:63c, 68c · John 6:60-69 |

Readings

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

[August 21 St. Pius X](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-pius-x/) [August 23 St. Rose of Lima](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-rose-of-lima/)

[All the saints of August](https://blessbible.app/saints/august/) [Born on August 22?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#08-22) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Symphorian

Remembered on August 22

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-symphorian/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-symphorian/#calendar)

In the app

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