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Saints of 2 December

30 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 2 December, with short facts.

Marian titles (1)

  • Our Lady of Liesse Patronage: diocese of Soissons, France. Also called Our Lady, Cause of our Joy and Our Lady of Joy.

Saints (12)

  • St. Athanasius of the Caves Died: c.1176. Also called Athanasius of Kiev, Athanasius of the Resurrection, and Afanasij of.
  • St. Avitus of Rouen Died: 325.
  • St. Bibiana Born: in 4th century in Rome, Italy. Died: scourged to death c.361. Patronage: against epilepsy; epileptics, against hangovers, against headaches, against insanity or mental illness; mentally ill people, Los Angeles, California, archdiocese of, single laywomen, and torture victims.
  • St. Chromatius of Aquileia Born: 4th century at Aquileia, Italy. Died: 2 December 407 in Italy.
  • St. Evasius of Brescia
  • Blessed John Amero Died: 1566.
  • St. Lupus of Verona
  • St. Nonnus of Edessa Also called Nennos, Ninos, Nono, Nonnos.
  • St. Oderisius de Marsi Born: at Marsi, Italy. Died: 1105. Also called Oderisius I, Odorisius.
  • St. Pimenio in Rome Also called Pimen.
  • St. Pontian Died: c.259 at Rome, Italy.
  • St. Silvanus Died: c.450. Also called Sylvanus.

Popes (1)

  • Pope St. Silverio Born: 480 at Frosinone, Campania (in modern Italy). Died: starved in November 537. Patronage: Ponza, Italy and Valprato Soana. Also called Sylvere, Silverius.

Blessed (6)

  • Blessed Francisco del Valle Villar Born: 25 May 1906 in Grañon, Logroño, Spain. Died: 2 December 1936 in Manresa, Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Brother Leon Justino.
  • Blessed Ivan Sleziuk Born: 14 January 1896 at Zhyvachiv, Stanislaviv District, Ukraine. Died: 2 December 1973 in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. Beatified: 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine. Also called Ivan Slezyuk and John Sleziuk.
  • Blessed John van Ruysbroeck Born: 1293 near Brussels, Belgium. Died: 2 December 1381 at Groenendael. Beatified: 1 December 1908 by Pope Pius X. Also called John Ruysbroeck, Jan van Ruusbroec, John the Admirable Doctor, John the Divine Doctor, and Ruysbroeck the Admirable.
  • Blessed Maria Angela Astorch Born: 1 September 1592 at Barcelona, Spain. Died: 2 December 1665 in Murcia, Spain. Beatified: 23 May 1982 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Jerónima María Astorch, Jerónima María Cortey, Jerónima Maria Agnese, and Mystic of the Breviary.
  • Blessed Rafal Chylinski Born: 8 January 1694 at Buk, Poznan, Poland as Melchior Chylinski. Died: 2 December 1741 at Lagiewniki, Lodzkie, Poland. Beatified: 9 June 1991 at Warsaw, Poland by Pope John Paul II. Also called Melchior Chylinski.
  • Blessed Robert of Matallana Died: 1185. Patronage: against vermin.

Martyr groups (2)

  • Greek Martyrs of Rome Died: by various means between 254 and 259 in Rome, Italy. Also called Martyrs Groeci.
  • Martyrs of Africa

Other (8)

  • Aurelia of Alexandria
  • Berengar Cantull
  • Bernardin Palaj
  • Blanche of Castile
  • Habakkuk the Prophet Also called Avvakoum, Habacuc.
  • Jesse of Tsilkani
  • Lucius of Chur
  • Stefan Uros of Serbia

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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