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Saints of 2 April

44 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 2 April, with short facts.

Saints (23)

  • St. Francis of Paola Born: 27 March 1416 at Paola, Calabria, Kingdom of Italy (part of modern Italy). Died: 2 April 1507 (Good Friday) at Plessis, France. Canonized: 1519 by Pope Leo X. Also called Franciscus de Paula, Francis the Fire Handler, and Francesco di Paola.
  • St. Abundius of Como Born: at Thessalonica, Greece. Died: 469. Patronage: Como, Italy, Represetation, and raising a rich pagan's son to life. Also called Abbondio, Abondius, Abundias.
  • St. Agnofleda of Maine Born: Switzerland. Died: 638. Also called Agneflette, Noflette.
  • St. Ðaminh Tuoc Born: c.1775 in Trung Lao, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam. Died: 2 April 1839 in Nam Ðinh, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Domenico, Dominic.
  • St. Appian of Caesarea Born: c.287 in Gagae, Asia Minor.
  • St. Brónach of Glen-Seichis Also called Virgin of Glen-Seichis and Bromana, Bronacha, Bronanna, Bronagh, Bronaha.
  • St. Constantine of Scotland Died: 874.
  • St. Donatus
  • St. Ebbe the Younger Died: burned to death on 2 April 870 at Coldingham monastery, Berwickshire, Scotland. Also called Ebbe of Coldingham and Abb, Aebbe, Ebba.
  • St. Eustace of Luxeuil Born: c.560. Died: c.629.
  • St. Francisco Coll Guitart Born: 18 May 1812 in Grombeny, Catalan Pyrenees, Spain. Died: 2 April 1875 in Vic, Barcelona, Spain. Canonized: 11 October 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Francis Coll Guitart and Frans Coll Guitart.
  • St. Gordonian Also called Gortonian, Gordian, Gurgoniana.
  • St. John Payne Died: hanged. Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI. Also called John Pain and John Paine.
  • St. Julius
  • St. Lonochilus of Maine Died: 653. Also called Longis, Lenogisil.
  • St. Magnus
  • St. Musa of Rome
  • St. Nicetius of Lyon Died: 573. Also called Nicet, Nicetus, Nizier, Nicezio.
  • St. Pedro Calungsod Born: c.1654 in Ginatilan, Cebu, Philippines. Died: hacked to death. Beatified: 5 March 2000 by Pope John Paul II at Vatican City. Canonized: 21 October 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI. Patronage: young people. Also called Peter Calungsod.
  • St. Rufus of Glendalough Also called Rufin.
  • St. Theodora of Tiria Born: c.290 in Tyre. Died: thrown into the sea to drown at Caesarea, Palestine c.317. Also called Theodora of Tyre, Theodora of Tyros, Theodora of Caesarea, and Teodora, Theodosia.
  • St. Urban of Langres Died: c.390. Patronage: against alcoholism, against blight, against fainting, against faintness, against frost, against storms, barrel makers, coopers, Dijon, France, and others.
  • St. Victor of Capua Died: 554.

Blessed (9)

  • Blessed Alessandrina of Foligno Born: 1385 in Sulmona, Italy. Died: 2 April 1458. Also called Alexandrine, Sandrina.
  • Blessed Arnulf of Leuven Born: early 13th century in Leuven, Belgium. Died: 1276 the abbey at Villers-la-Ville, Brabant (in modern Belgium). Also called Arnulf I, Arnulf of Louvain, Arnulf of Lovanium, Arnolf of Löwen, and Arnulf of Villers.
  • Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores-Alonso Born: 13 November 1627 in Burgos, Spain. Died: 2 April 1672 in Tumon, Guam. Beatified: 6 October 1985 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Drogo of Baume Also called Drogon, Dreux, Druon.
  • Blessed Leopold of Gaiche Born: 30 October 1732 in Gaiche di Piegaro, Perugia, Italy. Died: 2 April 1815 in Monteluco, Perugia, Italy. Beatified: 12 March 1893 by Pope Leo XIII. Also called Giovanni Croci.
  • Blessed Mary of Saint Joseph Alvarado Cardozo Born: 25 April 1875 in Choroni, Venezuela as Laura Evangelista. Died: 2 April 1967 in Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela. Beatified: 17 May 1995 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy. Patronage: Augustinian Recollect Sisters of the Heart of Jesus and nurses.
  • Blessed Meingosus of Weingarten Died: c.1200. Also called Megingaud, Meingos.
  • Blessed Mykolai Charnetskyi Born: 14 September 1884 at Samakivtsi, Horodensk District, Halychyna, Ukraine. Died: 2 April 1959 at Lviv, Ukraine. Beatified: 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine. Also called Mykola Carneckyj, Mykola Charnetsky, Nicholas Charnetsky, and Nikolas Carneckyj.
  • Blessed Vilmos Apor Born: 29 February 1892 at Segesvár, Transylvania, Hungary. Died: shot on 2 April 1945 at Gyõr, Hungary. Beatified: 9 November 1997 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter's basilica, Vatican City. Also called Vilhelm, Gulielmus, William.

Martyr groups (2)

  • Martyrs of Africa
  • Martyrs of Thessalonica

Other (10)

  • Augustine of Ancona
  • Conall of Clonallan
  • Elizabeth Vendramini
  • Floberde
  • Genoveva of Brabant
  • Gregory of Nicomedia
  • Heinrich von Baumburg
  • Polycarp of Alexandria
  • Thetwif of Minden
  • Titus the Miracle Worker

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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