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Saints of 2 June

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

Marian titles (1)

  • Our Lady of Light

Saints (22)

  • St. Ada of Ethiopia Died: Ethiopia.
  • St. Adalgis of Thiérarche Born: 7th century Ireland. Died: 686. Also called Adalgis of Novara and Adelgis, Algis, Algise, Adalgisio.
  • St. Alexander of Vienne Died: 177.
  • St. Armin of Egypt Died: c.304.
  • St. Barbarinus Also called Barbarunus.
  • St. Biblis of Lyons Died: 177 at Lyons, France. Also called Biblides.
  • St. Blandina the Slave Died: enmeshed in a net and given to a wild bull in 177 at Lyon (in modern France). Patronage: falsely accused people, girls, servants, torture victims; against torture, Lyon, France, and Vienne, France. Also called Blandina of Lyon.
  • St. Bodfan of Wales Patronage: Abergwyngregyn, Wales and Abern, Wales. Also called Bobouan, Boduan.
  • St. Daminh Ninh Born: c.1835 in Trung Linh, Nam Dinh, Vietnam. Also called Domenic, Dominic, Domenico.
  • St. Dictinus of Astorga Died: 420.
  • St. Dorotheus of Rome Born: late 2nd century in Rome, Italy. Died: c.350. Also called Doroteo.
  • St. Erasmus Born: 758 in Constantinople. Died: 2 June 828. Patronage: against abdominal, intestinal or stomach pains and diseases, against appendicitis, against birth pains, against colic, against danger at sea, against epidemics, against seasickness, against storms, and others.
  • St. Evasius
  • St. Honorata Also called Honoratus.
  • St. Humatus
  • St. Juan de Ortega Died: c.1150.
  • St. Marcellinus Born: Roman citizen. Died: 304 in the Silva Nigra just outside Rome, Italy. Patronage: in Germany, • Seligenstadt, –, in Italy, • Lausdomini, • Monteodorisio, and • San Marcellino.
  • St. Nicholas Peregrinus Born: 1075 in Greece. Died: 1094 in Trani, Italy. Canonized: 1098 by Pope Blessed Urban II. Patronage: Trani, Italy, city of and Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie-Nazareth, Italy, archdiocese of. Also called Nicholas the Pilgrim, Nicola Pellegrino di Trani, Nicholas of Trani, and Nicola il Pellegrino.
  • St. Peter the Exorcist Died: 304 in the Silva Nigra just outside Rome, Italy. Patronage: in Germany, • Seligenstadt, –, in Italy, • Lausdomini, • Monteodorisio, and • San Marcellino. Also called Peter Exorcista and Peter the Deacon.
  • St. Photinus of Lyons Died: of general abuse and neglect. Patronage: Lyon, France, archdiocese of and Lyon, France, city of. Also called Pothin, Pothinus, Potino, Potinus.
  • St. Rogate
  • St. Stephen of Sweden Born: 11th century. Died: 1075 near Nora, Uppsala region of Sweden. Also called Stephen of Corbie and Stephen of Corvey.

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Eugene I Born: at Rome, Italy. Died: June 657. Also called Eugenius.

Blessed (5)

  • Blessed Demetrios of Philadelphia Died: feet cut off then thrown alive into a fire in 1567 in Philadelphia, Lydia (modern Alasehir, Turkey). Also called Demetrius, Dimitrios, Dimitri.
  • Blessed Giovanni de Barthulono Died: 1500 in Trapani, Italy.
  • Blessed Guido of Acqui Born: c.1004. Died: 2 June 1070. Beatified: 1853 Pope Blessed Pius IX (cultus confirmed). Patronage: against famine, diocese of Acqui, Italy, and Acqui Terme, Italy. Also called Guisto, Guy, Vido, Wido.
  • Blessed Joseph Tien Born: 5 December 1918 in Ban Ten, Muang Xôi, Houaphan, Laos. Died: 2 June 1954 in Ban Talang, Houaphan, Laos. Beatified: 11 December 2016 by Pope Francis. Also called Thao Tien.
  • Blessed Sadoc of Sandomierz Died: 1260 at Sandomierz, Poland. Beatified: 18 October 1807 by Pope Pius VII. Also called Sadoch, Zadoc, Zadok.

Martyr groups (3)

  • Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne Died: assorted dates and methods. Patronage: Lyon, France.
  • Martyrs of Rome
  • Martyrs of Sandomierz Died: 1260 at Sandomierz, Poland. Beatified: 18 October 1807 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmation).

Other (4)

  • Comitium
  • Conall of Drumcliff
  • Eufemia Giustiniani
  • Madonna of the Tears

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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