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Saints of 2 May

33 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 2 May, with short facts.

Saints (24)

  • St. Athanasius of Alexandria Born: c.295 at Alexandria, Egypt. Died: 2 May 373 at Alexandria, Egypt. Also called Athanasius of Egypt, Athanasius the Great, Champion of Christ's Divinity, Champion of Orthodoxy, and Father of Orthodoxy.
  • St. Alpin de Châlons Died: 7 September 480 in Baye, France. Also called Alpine, Alpinus.
  • St. Antonius of Florence Born: 1 March 1389 at Florence, Italy. Died: 2 May 1459 at Florence, Italy. Canonized: 31 May 1523 by Pope Adrian VI. Patronage: against fever. Also called Antoninus, People's Prelate, and Protector of the Poor.
  • St. Bertinus the Younger Died: c.699.
  • St. Cyriacus of Pamphylia Died: burned to death c.127.
  • St. Eugenius of Africa Died: martyred c.485. Also called Eugenia.
  • St. Exsuperius of Pamphylia Died: burned to death c.127. Also called Exuperius, Hesperus.
  • St. Felix of Seville Died: Seville, Spain.
  • St. Fiachra of Erard
  • St. Fiorenzo of Algeria Died: beheaded in 485 on Corsica.
  • St. Gennys of Cornwall
  • St. Germanus of Normandy Died: c.460 at Normandy, France. Also called Germanus the Scot and Germaine....
  • St. Gluvias Died: 6th century. Also called Clivis, Glywys.
  • St. Guisitano of Sardinia Died: beheaded on Sardinia.
  • St. José María Rubio y Peralta Born: 22 July 1864 in Dalías, Spain. Died: 2 May 1929 in Aranjuez, Spain. Canonized: 4 May 2003 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Apostle of Madrid.
  • St. Joseph Luu Born: c.1790 at Cái Nhum, Vinh Long, Vietnam. Died: 2 May 1854 in prison at Vinh Long, Vietnam. Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Giuse Nguyen Van Luu.
  • St. Longinus of Africa Died: beheaded c.485.
  • St. Neachtain of Cill-Uinche Died: 5th century. Also called Neachtain of Fennor, Neachtan of..., and Nectan of....
  • St. Theodulus of Pamphylia Died: burned to death c.127.
  • St. Ultan of Péronne Born: Ireland. Died: 7th century.
  • St. Vindemialis of Africa Died: beheaded c.485. Also called Vendemiale, Vindemial.
  • St. Waldebert of Luxeuil Died: c.668.
  • St. Wiborada of Gall Born: 9th century at Klingna, Aargau, Switzerland. Died: axed to death in 926. Canonized: 1047 by Pope Clement II. Also called Guiborat, Viborada, Weibrath.
  • St. Zoe of Pamphylia Died: burned to death c.127.

Blessed (7)

  • Blessed Alessandra Sabattini Born: 19 August 1961 in Riccione, Italy. Died: 2 May 1984 in Bologna, Italy. Beatified: 14 June 2020 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Bernard of Seville Died: 1440.
  • Blessed Boleslas Strzelecki Born: 10 June 1896 in Poniemon, Podlaskie, Poland. Died: 2 May 1941 in Oswiecim (Auschwitz), Malopolskie, Poland. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland. Also called Boleslaw Strzelecki and Saint Francis of Radom.
  • Blessed Conrad of Seldenbüren Born: c.1070. Died: murdered in 1126 at Zürich, Switzerland.
  • Blessed Helena Goldberg Born: 6 July 1882 in Dluzek, Nowy Targ, Poland. Died: shot on 2 May 1945 in Krzydlina Wielka, Wolów, Poland. Also called Sister Maria Acutina.
  • Blessed Juan de Verdegallo Died: 15th century.
  • Blessed William Tirry Born: 1608 in Cork, Ireland. Died: hanged on 2 May 1654 in Clonmel, Ireland. Beatified: 27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy. Also called Guglielmo Tirry, Liam Tuiridh, and William Tirrey.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Alexandria Died: 304 in Alexandria, Egypt martyrs-of-alexandria-2-may Also celebrated but no entry yet. Also kept on 4 October in some calendars.

Other (1)

  • Nicholas Hermansson

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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