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Saints of 2 August

27 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 2 August, with short facts.

Marian titles (1)

  • Our Lady of the Angels Patronage: Costa Rica and diocese of Getafe, Spain. Also called La Negrita, The Little Black One, and Virgin de los Angeles.

Saints (13)

  • St. Auspicius of Apt Also called Auspice.
  • St. Betharius of Chartres Born: Rome, Italy. Died: c.623. Also called Betario, Boetharius, Bohaire.
  • St. Centolla of Burgos Died: beheaded c.304 at Burgos, Spain.
  • St. Etheldritha Born: 795 in Mercia (in modern England). Died: c.835 in Croyland, England. Also called Alfreda, Etelreda.
  • St. Eusebius of Vercelli Born: 283 at Sardinia. Died: 1 August 371 in Vercelli, Italy. Patronage: Congregation of the Daughters of Saint Eusebius, Berzo Demo, Italy, Piedmont, Italy, and Vercelli, Italy. Also called Eusebi, Eusebio, Eusebe, Euzebiusz, Euzebije.
  • St. Giustino Maria Russolillo Born: 18 January 1891 in Pianura, Naples, Italy. Died: 2 August 1955 in Pianura, Naples, Italy. Beatified: 7 May 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI. Canonized: 15 May 2022 by Pope Francis.
  • St. Maximus of Padua
  • St. Pedro de Osma Born: Bourges, France. Died: 1109 in the house of the bishop of Palencia, Castile, Spain. Also called Pedro of Bourges.
  • St. Peter Julian Eymund Born: 4 February 1811 at La Mure, France. Died: 1 August 1868 at La Mure, Isère, France. Canonized: 9 December 1962 by Pope John XXIII. Also called Peter Julian Eymard and Pierre-Julien Eymard.
  • St. Plegmund Born: Cheshire, England. Died: 923.
  • St. Rutilius Born: North Africa. Died: burned at the stake in 250 in a small town in northern Africa. Also called Rutilio.
  • St. Serenus of Marseille Died: c.606 near Biandrate, Piedmont, Italy. Patronage: for good weather, for good harvests, and Biandrate, Italy.
  • St. Sidwell Born: near Exeter, England. Died: beheaded. Also called Sativola, Sadfyl.

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Stephen I Born: Roman. Died: 2 August 257. Patronage: Fiano Romano, Italy.

Blessed (10)

  • Blessed Ceferino Jimenez Malla Born: 1861 in Benavent de Segria, Lérida Province, Catalonia, Spain. Died: shot by firing squad on 8 August 1936 in the cemetery of Barbastro, Spain. Beatified: 4 May 1997 by Pope John Paul II. Patronage: Romani and Sinti. Also called El Pele, Zefferino Giménez Malla, and Zefyrinus Giménez Malla.
  • Blessed Felipe de Jesús Munárriz Azcona Born: 4 February 1875 in Allo, Navarra, Spain. Died: shot on 2 August 1936 at the gates of the cemetery in Barbastro, Huesca, Spain. Beatified: 25 October 1992 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Francisco Calvo Burillo Born: 21 November 1881 in Hijár, Teruel, Spain. Died: shot on 2 August 1936 in Híjar, Teruel, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Francisco Tomás Serer Born: 10 October 1911 in Alcalalí, Alicante, Spain. Died: shot on 2 August 1936 against the wall of the Prince of Asturias Reformatory in Madrid, Spain. Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Frederic Campisani Born: c.1255 in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. Died: 2 August 1335. Beatified: popular devotion began immediately, and the diocese started the process in 1336.
  • Blessed Gundekar of Eichstätt Born: 10 August 1019 in Germany. Died: 2 August 1075 in Eichstätt, Germany. Also called Gundekar Aureatensis, Gundekar Eystetensis, and Gundechar, Gundecharus, Guntaker, Gunzo.
  • Blessed Juan Díaz Nosti Born: 17 February 1880 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. Died: shot on 2 August 1936 at the gates of the cemetery in Barbastro, Huesca, Spain. Beatified: 25 October 1992 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Blessed Juana de Aza Born: at Castle Aza, Aranda, Old Castile, Spain. Died: c.1190 at Celeruga, Spain. Beatified: 1828 by Pope Leo XII (cultus confirmed). Also called Jane, Joan, Joanna.
  • Blessed Leoncio Pérez Nebreda Born: 18 March 1895 in Villarmentero, Burgos, Spain. Died: beaten to death. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Leoncio Pérez Ramos Born: 12 September 1875 in Muro de Aguas, Logroño, Spain. Died: shot on 2 August 1936 at the gates of the cemetery in Barbastro, Huesca, Spain. Beatified: 25 October 1992 by Pope John Paul II.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyred in the Spanish Civil War Also kept on 6 April, 20 May, 22 May, 25 July, and 92 other days in some calendars.

Other (1)

  • Portiuncula Indulgence Also kept on 1 August in some calendars.

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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