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Saints of 2 February

36 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 2 February, with short facts.

Feasts (1)

  • Candlemas Patronage: Jaro, Philippines, Western Visayas, Philippines, Videos, and YouTube PlayList. Also called Our Lady of the Candles, Presentation of the Infant Jesus in the Temple, Presentation of the Lord, Purification of the Blessed Virgin, and Candelas (Spanish).

Marian titles (3)

  • Our Lady of Candelaria
  • Our Lady of Good of Coromoto
  • Our Lady of Good Success

Saints (21)

  • St. Abclasta Also called Addasta.
  • St. Adalbald of Ostrevant Born: at Flanders, Belgium. Died: murdered c.651 by an in-law. Patronage: parents of large families. Also called Adalbald d'Ostrevant, Adalbald of Douai, and Adalbaldus, Albold, Adelbald, Adalbade, Adalbaud.
  • St. Adeloga of Kitzingen Born: Frankish. Died: c.745. Also called Adela, Adaloja, Hadeloga.
  • St. Agathodoros of Tyana Died: Tyana, Cappadocia (modern Nigde, Turkey).
  • St. Apronian the Executioner Died: beheaded c.304 at Ancona, Italy.
  • St. Bruno of Ebsdorf Died: 880 in battle at Ebsdorf, Germany.
  • St. Burchard of Würzburg Born: in England. Died: 754 in Germany. Patronage: Würzburg, Germany. Also called Burchardus, Burkard, Burkhard.
  • St. Catherine del Ricci Born: 23 April 1522 at Florence, Italy as Alessandra Lucrezia Romola de' Ricci. Died: 2 February 1590 at Prato, Italy. Canonized: 29 June 1746 by Pope Benedict XIV. Also called Catherine de Ricci, Catherine dei Ricci, and Caterina, Catharine.
  • St. Columbanus of Ghent Born: Ireland. Died: 15 February 959.
  • St. Feock
  • St. Flosculus of Orleans Died: 480. Also called Floscolo, Flosculo, Flou.
  • St. Giovanni Battista Clemente Saggio Born: 6 January 1650 in Longobardi, Cosenza, Italy as Giovanni Battista Clemente Saggio. Died: 2 February 1709 in Rome, Italy. Canonized: 23 November 2014 by Pope Francis. Patronage: Longobardi, Italy. Also called Nicola da Longobardi and Nicholas of the Longobards.
  • St. Jean-Théophane Vénard Born: 21 November 1829 at Saint-Loup. Died: beheaded on 2 February 1861 at Ô Cau Giay, Hanoi, Tonkin (in modern Vietnam). Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II Storefront books.
  • St. Jeanne de Lestonnac Born: 27 December 1556 at Bourdeaux, France. Died: 2 February 1640. Canonized: 15 May 1949 by Pope Pius XII. Patronage: Storefront, books, and medals and pendants. Also called Jane de Lestonnac and Joan de Lestonnac.
  • St. Lawrence of Canterbury Born: 6th century. Died: 2 February 619 in Canterbury, England.
  • St. Maria Domenica Mantovani Born: 12 November 1862 in Castelletto di Brenzone, Italy. Died: 2 February 1934 in Castelletto di Brenzone, Italy. Beatified: 27 April 2003 by Pope John Paul II. Canonized: 15 May 2022 by Pope Francis. Also called Mother Maria of the Immaculate.
  • St. Maria Katharina Kasper Born: 26 May 1820 in Dernbach, Westerwaldkreis, Germany. Died: 2 February 1898 in Dernbach, Westerwaldkreis, Germany. Beatified: 16 April 1978 by Pope Paul VI in Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. Canonized: 14 October 2018 by Pope Francis at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy.
  • St. Marquard of Hildesheim Born: 9th century. Died: martyred in 880 in battle at Ebsdorf, Germany.
  • St. Mun
  • St. Sicharia of Orléans Also called Sicaire, Sigeria, Sicaria.
  • St. Theodoric of Ninden Born: 9th century. Died: martyred in 880 in battle at Ebsdorf, Germany.

Blessed (7)

  • Blessed Andrea Carlo Ferrari Born: 13 August 1850 at Lalatta, Pratopiano. Died: 2 February 1921 at Milan, Italy. Beatified: 10 May 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Andreas Ferrari.
  • Blessed Bernard of Corbara Born: Corbara, Orvieto, Italy. Died: mid-13th-century Barcelona, Spain.
  • Blessed Colomba Osorio Died: 982.
  • Blessed Louis Alexander Alphonse Brisson Born: 23 June 1817 in Plancy-l'Abbaye, Aube, France. Died: 2 February 1908 in Plancy-l'Abbaye, Aube, France. Beatified: 22 September 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Alois Brisson.
  • Blessed Peter Cambiano Born: 1320 in Chieri, Piedmont, Italy. Died: stabbed to death. Beatified: 4 December 1856 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmation). Also called Peter de Ruffi, Peter of Ruffia, Peter Cambiani, and Peter Cambiano av Ruffi.
  • Blessed Simon of Cassia Fidati Born: c.1295 in Cascia, Italy. Died: 2 February 1348 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Beatified: 1833 by Pope Gregory XVI. Also called Simon Fidati and Simon of Cascia.
  • Blessed Stephen Bellesini Born: 25 November 1774 at Trent, Italy as Aloysius Bellesini. Died: 2 February 1840. Beatified: 27 December 1904 by Pope Pius X. Also called Aloysius Bellesini and Stefano Bellesini.

Martyr groups (2)

  • Martyrs of Ebsdorf Died: martyred in the winter of 880 in battle at Luneberg Heath and Ebsdorf, Saxony (modern Germany). Also called Ebsdorf Martyrs.
  • Martyrs of Rome Died: c.212 in Rome, Italy.

Other (2)

  • Santa María de Santa Anita
  • World Day for Consecrated Life

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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