Do you know what saints are celebrated today, Thursday, May 8? Check the Santoral

Today, Thursday, May 8, 2025, the Christian Santoral celebrates the saint of San Acacio de Byzantiumfollowed by other names that you can consult right here.

San Acacio de Byzancio, originally from Cappadocia at the end of the third century, was a centurion of the Roman army that stood out for his Christian faith. During the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian, he refused to renounce his belief in Christ, which is why he was arrested, tortured and finally beheaded in Byzantium in 304. In honor of his courage and testimony, a church was built in Constantinople dedicated to his memory.

Today, they are the people who will celebrate their saint. The Catholic Church commemorates San Acacio de Byzantiumon this Thursday, May 8, 2025. But, in addition Arsenio de Scete, Bonifacio IV Pope, Desiderato de Bourges, Gibrian, Head of Auxerre, Metron, Pedro de Tarantasia, Víctor de Mauritania, Wiro, Amato Ronconis also have prominence today.

From ABC we put at your disposal the entire list of the santos that are celebrated today on the occasion of this tradition so entrenched in the Catholic religion and that makes the saint so wide.

The saints that are held today are collected in the Roman martyrology And that is where they are officially extracted. It is an encyclopedia that the Vatican is updated to include the canonizations that are every year.

This holiday has achieved that, at least, once a year, Christians can celebrate the day in which the saint who bears his name was canonized. But what does this mean? Celebrate the saint It is to celebrate the exemplary life of those Christians who preceded us and who bear our name. And, although it has less and less importance in society compared to previous times, there are many who still actively celebrate this day.

Today’s onomastics

Although today’s celebration is San Acacio de Byzantiumthe Santoral is much larger, so today they celebrate their holy arsenio de Scete, Bonifacio IV Pope, Desiderato de Bourges, Gibrian, Head of Auxerre, Metron, Pedro de Tarantasia, Víctor de Mauritania, Wiro, Amato Ronconis. This is because today May 8 is also the onomastic of: