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Saints of 2 January

49 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 2 January, with short facts.

Saints (31)

  • St. Basil the Great Born: 329 at Caesarea, Asia Minor (modern Turkey). Died: 1 January 379 at Caesarea, Asia Minor (modern Turkey). Patronage: Cappadocia, hospital administrators, monks, reformers, and Russia. Also called Basil of Caesarea, Father of Eastern Monasticism, and Memorials.
  • St. Gregory of Nazianzus Born: 330 at Arianzus, Cappadocia, Asia Minor. Died: 25 January 390. Patronage: for harvests and poets. Also called Gregory of Nazianzus, Grégoire de Nazianze, The Christian Demosthenes, The Theologian, and Memorials.
  • St. Adelard of Corbie Born: c.752. Died: 2 January 827 at Corbie Abbey, Picardy, France. Canonized: 1026 by Pope John XIX. Patronage: against fever, against typhoid, and gardeners.
  • Blessed Airaldus of Maurienne Died: 1160 at Maurienne, France. Beatified: 8 January 1863 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed). Also called Airaldo di Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Ayraldus of Maurienne.
  • St. Alverius of Agaunum Died: c.288 in Piedmont, Italy.
  • St. Asclepius of Limoges Died: 9th century. Also called Asclipe.
  • St. Aspasius of Auch Died: 560. Patronage: against abscesses, against headaches, and Melun, France. Also called Aspasius of Eauze, Aspasius of Meaux, Aspasius of Melun, and Aspais, Aspasio.
  • St. Baudimius of Auvergne Also called Baudenius, Baudime.
  • St. Blidulf of Bobbio Died: 630. Also called Bladulph, Bladulf, Blidulfo, Bladulfo.
  • St. Defendente the Theban Died: beheaded c.286 along the Rhone river in Agauno (modern Marseille, France). Patronage: against fire, against wolves, and 16 towns in Italy. Also called Defendente of Thebes and Defendens....
  • St. Dietmar of Prague Born: 10th century Saxony (in modern Germany). Died: 2 January 982 in Prague, Bohemia (in modern Czech Republic). Also called Detmar, Thietmar.
  • St. Gaspare Bufalo Born: 6 January 1786 at Rome, Italy. Died: 28 December 1837. Canonized: 12 June 1954 by Pope Pius XII. Also called Apostle of Rome, Caspar Bufalo, Caspar del Bufalo, Gaspare del Bufalo, and Hammer of Italian Freemasonry.
  • St. Hortolana of Assisi Died: c.1238 Assisi, Italy. Also called Hortolane, Hortulana, Ortulana.
  • St. Isidore of Antioch Also called Isidonus, Isiridonus, Siridon, Siridion.
  • St. Isidore of Nitria Also called Isidore of Egypt.
  • St. John Camillus the Good Died: c.660. Also called John Camillus, John the Good, and John Bonus.
  • St. Koupaïa Born: latter 5th century in the British Isles. Died: c.545.
  • St. Macarius of Rome Born: Rome, Italy. Died: mid-5th century in Chierno (modern Sacerno district of Calderara di Reno), Bologna, Italy. Also called Agathon.
  • St. Macarius the Younger Born: early 4th century at Alexandria, Egypt. Died: c.401 in Alexandria, Egypt. Patronage: confectioners, cooks, and pastry chefs. Also called Macarius of Alexandria, Macarius the Alexandrian, and Memorials.
  • St. Mark the Mute
  • St. Maximus of Vienne Born: c.563 near Cahors, France. Died: 2 January 625 in Vienne, France.
  • St. Munchin of Limerick Born: County Clare, Ireland. Patronage: Limerick, Ireland, city of and Limerick, Ireland, diocese of. Also called Munchin of Luimneach, Munchin of Luimnich, Munchin the Wise, Little Monk, and Maincin, Mainchin, Mainquino, Manchen, Munchino.
  • St. Paracodus of Vienne Born: Greece. Died: c.239.
  • St. Sebastian of Agaunum Died: c.288 in Piedmont, Italy.
  • St. Seiriol Born: 6th century Wales.
  • St. Seraphim of Sarov Born: 1759 at Kursk, Russia as Prokhor Moshnin. Died: 2 January 1833 at the monsatery at Sarov, Russia. Canonized: 1903 by the Russian Orthodox Church. Also called Prokhor Moshnin.
  • St. Theodore of Marseille Died: 594. Also called Teodor, Teodoro.
  • St. Theodota Died: 250. Also called Theodora.
  • St. Theopistus
  • St. Viance of Anjou Born: Anjou (in modern France). Died: c.673. Also called Viance of Aquitaine and Vincentian....
  • St. Vincentian of Tulle Died: c.730. Also called Viance, Viants.

Blessed (8)

  • Blessed Guillaume Répin Born: 26 August 1709 at Thouarcé, Maine-et-Loire, France. Died: 2 January 1794 at Angers, France. Beatified: 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy. Also called Vilhelm, William.
  • Blessed Guillermo de Loarte Died: Valladolid, Spain.
  • Blessed Laurent Batard Born: 4 February 1744 in Saint-Maurille de Chalonnes-sur-Loire, Maine-et-Loire, France. Died: martyred on 2 January 1794 at Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. Beatified: 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy.
  • Blessed Marcolinus Amanni Born: 1317 in Forli, Emilia, Italy. Died: in February 1397 in Forli, Emilia, Italy. Beatified: 9 May 1750 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmation). Also called Marcolinus of Forli, Marcolino Amannai da Forli, Mark the Mute, and Marcolino.... Also kept on 24 January in some calendars.
  • Blessed Maria Anna Blondin Born: 18 April 1809 in Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada as Esther Blondin. Died: 2 January 1890 at Lachine, Quebec, Canada. Beatified: 29 April 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Esther Blondin, Sister Marie-Anne, and Marie-Anne Blondin.
  • Blessed Odino of Rot Born: 1100. Died: 1182 at Mönchsrot Abbey. Also called Odino Truchseß and Otto, Otteno, Ottino.
  • Blessed Stephana de Quinzanis Born: 1457 at Soncino, Italy. Died: 2 January 1530. Beatified: 14 December 1740 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed). Also called Stephanie de Quinzanis.
  • Blessed Sylvester of Troina Born: late 11th or early 12th century in Troina, Sicily, Italy. Died: 2 January 1164 in Troina, Sicily, Italy. Beatified: by Pope Julius III in the mid-16th century (cultus confirmation). Patronage: Limina, Sicily, Italy and Troina, Sicily, Italy. Also called Silvestro di Troina.

Martyr groups (9)

  • Many Martyrs of Britain
  • Martyrs of Antioch Born: Greece. Died: Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey).
  • Martyrs of Ethiopia Died: Ethiopia.
  • Martyrs of Jerusalem Died: Jerusalem.
  • Martyrs of Lichfield Died: 304 at Lichfield, England.
  • Martyrs of Piacenza
  • Martyrs of Puy Died: beheaded in Puy (modern Puy-en-Velay), France.
  • Martyrs of Syrmium Died: 3rd or 4th century at Syrmium, Pannonia (modern Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia).
  • Martyrs of Tomi Died: 320 at Tomi, Exinius Pontus, Moesia (modern Constanta, Romania).

Other (1)

  • Many Martyrs Who Suffered in Rome Died: c.303 in Rome, Italy.

This list combines the Vatican News “Saint of the day” pages with a long-form calendar of saints, blessed, and feasts (credited on our Resources page). Calendars differ, so a note marks each place the sources disagree. This is not the General Roman Calendar. Resources · Sources & method

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