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Saints of 2 July

29 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 2 July, with short facts.

Marian titles (8)

  • Our Lady of Madhu
  • Our Lady of Montallegro
  • Our Lady of the Garden
  • Our Lady of the Grove
  • Our Lady of the Lesniów Spring
  • Our Lady of the Visitation
  • Our Lady of the Way of Leon
  • Our Lady of Vaussivieres

Saints (9)

  • St. Bernadine Realino Born: 1 December 1530 in Carpi, Modena, Italy. Died: 2 July 1616 in Lecce, Italy. Canonized: 22 June 1947 by Pope Pius XII. Also called Apostle of Lecce and Bernardino Realini.
  • St. Jacques Fermin Born: 12 March 1628 at Rheims, France. Died: 2 July 1691 in Quebec, Canada.
  • St. Jéroche
  • St. Lidanus of Sezze Born: 1026. Died: 1118 at Monte Cassino, Italy. Canonized: c.1500 by Pope Leo X (cultus confirmation). Patronage: Sezze, Italy. Also called Lidan, Lidano.
  • St. Martinian of Rome Died: beheaded on the Aurelian road outside Rome, Italy. Canonized: publicly venerated from the 4th century.
  • St. Monegundis Born: 6th century at Chartres, France. Died: c.570 at Tours, France. Also called Monégonde, Monegondes, Monegundes.
  • St. Oudoceus Born: in Brittany, France. Died: 615. Also called Eddogwy, Oudaceus, Oudecus, Oudoc, Oudocée.
  • St. Processus of Rome Died: beheaded on the Aurelian road outside Rome, Italy. Canonized: publicly venerated from the 4th century.
  • St. Swithun Born: c.800 at Wessex, England. Died: 2 July 862. Patronage: against drought, Stavenger, England, and Winchester, England. Also called Swithin, Svithin.

Blessed (6)

  • Blessed Benedict Metzler Born: 28 July 1687 in Bildstein, Austria. Died: 2 July 1773.
  • Blessed Eugénie Joubert Born: 11 February 1876 in Yssingeaux, Haute-Loire, France. Died: 2 July 1904 in Liège, Belgium. Beatified: 20 November 1994 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Giovanni da Fabriano Becchetti Born: 14th century Fabriano, Italy. Died: 15th century Fabriano, Italy. Beatified: 1835 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmed). Also called John Becchetti.
  • Blessed Jarich of Mariegaarde Born: latter 12th century Friesland (in the modern Netherlands). Died: 22 June 1242. Also called Jarichus, Jaricus.
  • Blessed Peter of Luxembourg Born: 1369 in Lorraine, France. Died: 1387 at the Carthusian monastery, Villeneuve, France. Beatified: 1527 by Pope Clement VII. Patronage: Avignon, France. Also called Peter of Metz.
  • Blessed Pietro Becchetti da Fabriano Born: 14th century in Fabriano, Italy. Died: in Fabriano, Italy. Beatified: 1835 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmation).

Martyr groups (3)

  • Martyred Soldiers of Rome Died: 120 at Rome, Italy. Also kept on 10 February in some calendars.
  • Martyrs of Campania Died: 284 in Campania, Italy.
  • Martyrs of Seoul Died: 2 July 1801 at the Small West Gate, Seoul, South Korea. Beatified: 15 August 2014 by Pope Francis.

Other (3)

  • Diego Velasquez
  • Martyrs in Carthage by Hunneric
  • Ternoc of Cluain-Mór

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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