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Saints of 2 September

34 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 2 September, with short facts.

Saints (23)

  • St. Abibus of Edessa Died: burned at the stake in Edessa, Syria in 322. Also called Abibo, Abbibos, Abibos, Abbibus, Habib.
  • St. Agricola of Avignon Born: c.625 in Avignon, France. Died: c.700. Patronage: against misfortune, against plague epidemics, for rain, for good weather, storks, Avignon, France, city of (named in 1647), and Avignon, France, diocese of. Also called Agricola of Bologna and Agricol, Agricolus.
  • St. Aithalas of Adrianopolis
  • St. Ammun of Adrianopolis
  • St. Antoninus of Pamiers Born: at Fredelacum, Gaul (modern Pamiers, France). Patronage: Chiusa de Pesio, Italy, Medina del Campo, Spain, Palencia, Spain, and Pamiers, France. Also called Antonin, Antoní, Antolin and Apostle of the Rouergue.
  • St. Antoninus of Syria Died: 4th century in Apamea, Syria. Also called Antoninus of Apamea.
  • St. Brocard Born: French. Died: 1231. Beatified: added to the Carmelite breviary in 1564. Also called Brocardo, Brocardus, Burchard, Brochard.
  • St. Comus of Crete Died: c.706 on Crete (in modern Greece). Also called Comus of Candia and Cosmas, Kosmas.
  • St. Elpidius of Lyon Died: 422. Also called Elpidio, Elpèidius.
  • St. Elpidius the Cappadocian Born: Cappadocia. Died: 4th century. Patronage: Sant'Elpidio a Mare, Italy and Sant'Elpidio Morico, Italy. Also called Elpidius of Cappadocia, Elpidius the Abbot, Elpidius the Hermit, and Elpidio.....
  • St. Hieu Born: early 7th century Northumbria, England. Died: c.657 in Healaugh, Yorkshire, England. Also called Heiu.
  • St. Ingrid of Sweden Born: 13th century in Skänninge, Sweden. Died: 2 September 1282 in Skänninge, Sweden. Canonized: popular devotion began almost immediately after her death. Also called Ingrid Elofsdotter of Skänninge and Ingrid Elovsdotter.
  • St. Justus of Lyon Born: at Vivarais, Gaul (in modern France). Died: 390 in the Egyptian desert. Also called Just, Justo, Giusto.
  • St. Lanfranco of Vercelli
  • St. Lolanus Died: c.1034.
  • St. Margaret of Louvain Born: 1207 at Louvain, Brabant, Belgium. Died: throat cut on 2 September 1225 at Louvain, Brabant, Belgium. Beatified: 1905 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed). Patronage: martyrs. Also called Margaret la Fière, Margaret van Leuven, Margaret van Löwen, Margarita Lovania, and Fiere Margriet.
  • St. Maxima of Rome Died: scourged to death in 304 in Rome, Italy. Also called Massima.
  • St. Nonnosus of Monte Soratte Born: c.500. Died: c.575. Patronage: against infirmities or weakness, against kidney ailments, Diocese of Nepi-Sutri, Italy, Castel Sant'Elia, Italy, and Freising, Germany. Also called Nonnosus of Monte Soracte and Nonnoso, Nonosius, Nonoso, Nonossus.
  • St. Prospero of Tarragona Born: Spain. Died: c.715 in Tarragona, Spain. Canonized: Pre-Congregation.
  • St. Syagrius of Autun Died: c.600. Also called Siacre, Siagrio.
  • St. Theodota of Bithynia Died: thrown into a furnace in 304 in Nicaea, Bithynia (in modern Turkey). Also called Teodota, Theodote.
  • St. Valentine of Strasbourg Died: 4th century.
  • St. William of Roskilde Born: Anglo-Saxon. Died: 1067. Also called William of Denmark, William of Roschild, William of Roskilde, and Wilhelmus....

Blessed (5)

  • Blessed Albert of Pontida Born: 11th century Pontida, Italy. Died: 2 September or 12 September in 1095, 1096 or 1099 (records vary). Also called Albert Prezzati.
  • Blessed Antonio Franco Born: 26 September 1585 in Naples, Italy. Died: 2 September 1626 in Santa Lucia del Mela, Messina, Italy. Beatified: 2 September 2013 by Pope Francis. Also called Antony.
  • Blessed Joan Franquesa Costa Born: 19 September 1867 in Santa Fe, Lleida, Spain. Died: 2 September 1936 in Cervera, Lleida, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis. Also called Apostle of Devotion to the Holy Family.
  • Blessed Licinius Born: Spain. Died: 9th century Mas d'Auvignon, France. Beatified: records indicate devotion by 1517. Also called Lesé, Lezens, Léziers, Licerius, Licinio.
  • Blessed Vitus of Pontida Also called Guido, Vito.

Martyr groups (4)

  • Martyred in the Spanish Civil War Also kept on 6 April, 20 May, 22 May, 25 July, and 92 other days in some calendars.
  • Martyrs of 2 September
  • Martyrs of Nicomedia Died: Nicomedia, Bithynia (in modern Turkey).
  • Martyrs of September Born: 14 November 1745 in Boulogne-ser-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France as Nicholas. Died: massacred by a mob on 2 September and 3 September 1792. Beatified: 17 October 1926 by Pope Pius XI. Canonized: 16 October 2016 by Pope Francis. Also kept on 3 September in some calendars.

Other (2)

  • Eleazar the Patriarch Also called Eleazar the Priest and El'azar, Eleàzaro, Eleàzar, Eleasar.
  • Holy Bishops of Rennes

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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