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Saints of 3 February

49 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 3 February, with short facts.

Marian titles (2)

  • Our Lady of Saideneida
  • Our Lady of Suyapa Patronage: Honduras (given in 1925 by Pope Pius XI). Also called La Morenita, Nuestra Señora de Suyapa, Our Lady of the Conception of Suyapa, The Dear Dark One, and Virgen de Suyapa.

Saints (37)

  • St. Blaise of Sebaste Born: Armenian. Died: flesh torn by iron wool-combs. Also called Biagio, Blase, Blasius.
  • St. Anatolius of Salins Born: Scottish. Died: 9th century.
  • St. Anna the Prophetess Born: 1st century BC. Died: 1st century.
  • St. Ansgar Born: 801 at Amiens, Picardy, France. Died: 3 February 865 at Bremen, Germany. Patronage: Denmark, Scandinavia, Sweden, Bremen, Germany, city of, Bremen, Germany, diocese of, and Hamburg, Germany, archdiocese of. Also called Apostle of the North and Apostle of Scandanavia.
  • St. Berlindis of Meerbeke Born: at Meerbeke, Belgium. Died: 702. Also called Bellaude, Berlinda.
  • St. Blasius of Armentarius
  • St. Blasius of Oreto Died: c.68 in Cisuentes, Spain. Also called Blasius of Cisuentes.
  • St. Caellainn Born: Irish. Died: 6th century. Also called Caoilfionn.
  • St. Celerinus of Carthage Born: Carthage, North Africa. Died: c.250. Also called Celerino.
  • St. Claudine Thévenet Born: 30 March 1774 at Lyon, France as Claudine Thévenet. Died: 3 February 1837 at Lyon, France. Canonized: 21 March 1993 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Mary of Saint Ignatius, Mary of Saint Ignatius Thevenet, Mother Saint Ignatius, and Saint of Lyon.
  • St. Clerina of Carthage Died: 3rd century near Carthage, North Africa.
  • St. Cuanna of Glenn
  • St. Deodatus of Lagny
  • St. Eutichio Died: Rome, Italy.
  • St. Evantius of Vienne Died: 13 January 586. Also called Evancius, Evance.
  • St. Felix of Africa
  • St. Felix of Lyons
  • St. Hadelin of Chelles Born: at Gascony (in modern France). Died: c.690 at the monastery of Celles, Namour, Belgium. Patronage: Visé, Belgium. Also called Hadelin of Dinant and Adelino, Adelin, Adelinus.
  • St. Heridag of Hamburg Also called Heridad.
  • St. Hippolytus of Africa
  • St. Ia of Cornwall Born: Irish. Died: martyred in 450 at the River Hayle, Cornwall, England. Patronage: Saint Ives, Cornwall, England. Also called Hia, Hya, Iia, Ives.
  • St. Ignatius of Africa Born: Africa. Died: 3rd century Africa.
  • St. Laurentinus of Carthage Died: 3rd century near Carthage, North Africa.
  • St. Laurentius of Carthage Died: 3rd century near Carthage, North Africa.
  • St. Lawrence the Illuminator Born: Syrian. Died: 576 at Farfa, Italy. Patronage: against blindness • blind people •. Also called Lawrence of Spoleto and Laurence....
  • St. Leonius of Poitiers Died: late 4th century in Poitiers, Aquitaine, France. Also called Leonius of Luçon and Léone, Leonio, Lienne.
  • St. Liafdag Died: 980 in Denmark.
  • St. Lupicinus of Lyon Also called Lupicino.
  • St. Margaret of England Born: in Hungary. Died: 1192 at Sauve-Benite, Le Puy-en-Velay, France. Also called Margaret the Englishwoman and Margarita, Margherita, Marguerite.
  • St. Marie Rivier Born: 19 December 1768 at Montpezat-sous-Bauzon, Ardèche, France. Died: 3 February 1838 in Bourg-Saint-Andéol, Ardèche, France. Beatified: 23 May 1982 by Pope John Paul II. Canonized: 15 May 2022 by Pope Francis. Also called Marinette Rivier, Anne-Marie Rivier, and Marie-Anne Rivier.
  • St. Oliver of Ancona Died: c.1050. Also called Oliver of Pontonuovo and Liberius, Oliverius, Oliverus.
  • St. Philip of Vienne
  • St. Remedius of Gap Died: early 5th century. Also called Reméde, Remedio.
  • St. Sempronius of Africa Also called Symphronius.
  • St. Tigides of Gap Also called Teridio, Teridius, Tigrido.
  • St. Werburgh of Bardney Born: in Mercia, England. Died: c.785. Also called Werburgh of Mercia and Werburga, Werburg.
  • St. Werburgh of Chester Born: in Staffordshire, England. Died: 3 February 699. Patronage: Chester, England. Also called Vereburga, Werburga, Wereburge.

Blessed (8)

  • Blessed Alois Andritzki Born: 2 July 1914 in Radibor, Dresden, Germany. Died: euthanized by lethal injection on 3 February 1943 in Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany. Beatified: 13 June 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Alojs Andricki.
  • Blessed Balbina of Assisi Born: 1214. Died: 3 February 1240 in Spello, Italy.
  • Blessed Helena Stollenwerk Died: 3 February 1900 in Steyl, Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands. Beatified: 17 May 1995 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Anna Helena Stollenwerk, Maria Stollenwerk, Maria Virgo, and Maria Elena.
  • Blessed Helinand of Pronleroy Born: c.1160 at Pronleroy. Died: c.1237. Also called Elinand, Elinando, Elinandus.
  • Blessed Iustus Takayama Ukon Born: c.1552 in Haibara-cho, Nara, Japan. Died: 3 February 1615 in Manila, Philippines. Beatified: 7 February 2017 by Pope Francis. Also called Hikogoro Shigetomo and Takayama Ukon.
  • Blessed John Nelson Born: 1534 at Skelton, Yorkshire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation).
  • Blessed John Vallejo Died: 25 August 1592.
  • Blessed John Zakoly Died: 1494. Also called John of Csanad.

Other (2)

  • Benedictine Martyrs
  • Simeon the Elder

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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