This is the Saint of the Day list of Saints and Blesseds whose feast day is January 2 2025.
👉Saint Gregory of Nazianzen
👉Saint Macarius the Younger
👉Blessed Maria Anna Blondin
👉Blessed Stephana de Quinzanis
👉Blessed Sylvester of Troina
👉Saint Koupaïa
👉Saint Defendente the Theban
👉Saint Seiriol
👉Saint Theodore of Marseille
👉Blessed Airaldus of Maurienne
👉Saint Sebastian of Agaunum
👉Saint John Camillus the Good
👉Saint Baudimius of Auvergne
St Baudimius of Auvergne was also known as Baudenius or Baudime. He was a priest.
In the late 3rd and early 4th century AD missionary to the Auvergne region of Gaul (in modern-day France) he worked with St. Nectarius.
👉Blessed Guillermo de Loarte
Blessed Guillermo de Loarte was a Mercedarian friar in Valladolid, Spain.
He was noted for his in-depth study of the early Church fathers and of prophecy, and his skill at passing this wisdom along to his Mercedarian brothers.
He died in Valladolid, Spain due to natural causes.
👉Saint Hortolana of Assisi
St Hortolana of Assisi was also known as Hortolane, Hortulana, or Ortulana. She was married to Count Faverone of Sciffi and was the mother of St Agnes of Assisi and St Clare of Assisi.
As a Pilgrim, she was assorted to holy sites in Europe, and the Holy Land. She was later widowed in San Damiano Abbey in Assisi, Italy with her daughter Clare. In 1238 AD, she died in Assisi, Italy.
👉Blessed Laurent Batard
Blessed Laurent Batard was born on February 4 1744 in Saint-Maurille de Chalonnes-sur-Loire, Maine-et-Loire, France.
He was a priest of the diocese of Angers, France and was martyred in the persecutions of the French Revolution on January 2 1794 at Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France.
Pope John Paul II beatified him on February 19 1984 in Rome, Italy.
👉Saint Blidulf of Bobbio
Saint Blidulf of Bobbio was also known as Bladulph, Bladulf, Blidulfo or Bladulfo.
He was a monk at Bobbio, Italy and a spiritual student of St. Columbanus.
He denounced the heresy of King Arioald of the Lombards and worked to reform the royal court and the region. In 630 AD, He died of natural causes.
👉Saint Paracodus of Vienne
St Paracodus of Vienne was born in Greece. He was a bishop of Vienne, France in 199 AD. Pope Victor consulted him about the proper dates for Easter.
He led his diocese during the persecutions of Emperor Alexander Severus and died in 239 AD.
👉Saint Asclepius of Limoges
St Asclepius of Limoges was also known as Asclipe. He was a priest and a bishop of Limoges, France.
He founded a Benedictine monastery in Limoges and restored the cloister in Bourges, France. In the 9th century AD, he died.
👉Saint Vincentian of Tulle
St Vincentian of Tulle was also known as Viance or Viants. He was a spiritual student of St. Menelaus and a hermit in the diocese of Tulle (modern Auvergne, France.
He died in 730 AD due to natural causes.
👉Saint Isidore of Nitria
St Isidore of Nitria was also known as Isidore of Egypt. He was a fourth-century bishop of Nitria (modern AL Barnuji) in the Egyptian desert and welcomed St Jerome to Egypt.
👉Saint Isidore of Antioch
St Isidore of Antioch was also known as Isidonus, Isiridonus, Siridon, or Siridion.
He was a bishop of Zaragoza, Spain. He is said to have been martyred possibly by Arians.
👉Saint Mark the Mute
St Mark the Mute was a deaf-mute man known for his piety and ascetic lifestyle.
👉Saint Theodota
St Theodota was also known as Theodora. She was the mother of St Cosmas and St. Damian.
In 250 AD, she died of natural causes.
👉Saint Theopistus
St Theopistus was a martyr who was stoned to death at an unknown date and location.
👉Many Martyrs Who Suffered in Rome
Many Martyrs Who Suffered in Rome were many martyrs who suffered in the persecutions of Diocletian for refusing to surrender the holy books.
Though we know these atrocities occurred, we do not know the names of the saints, and we honour them as a group. They died in 303 AD in Rome, Italy.
👉Martyrs of Antioch
The Martyrs of Antioch were born in Greece. They were a group of Christian soldiers martyred together for their faith in Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey).
Their names are;
- Albanus
- Macarius
- Possessor
- Starus
- Stratonicus
👉Many Martyrs of Britain
👉Martyrs of Ethiopia
The Martyrs of Ethiopia were a group of Christians martyred together for their faith in Ethiopia. We know the names of three.
Their names are;
- Auriga
- Claudia
- Rutile
👉Martyrs of Jerusalem
The Martyrs of Jerusalem were a group of Christians martyred together for their faith in Jerusalem.
Their names are;
- Stephen
- Vitalis
👉Martyrs of Lichfield
The Martyrs of Lichfield were many Christians who suffered at Lichfield (aka Lyke-field, meaning field of dead bodies), England in the persecutions of Diocletian.
Though we know these atrocities occurred, we do not know the names of the saints, and we honor them as a group. They died in 304 AD at Lichfield, England.
👉Martyrs of Piacenza
The Martyrs of Piacenza were a group of Christians who died together for their faith in the persecutions of Diocletian.
They died on the site of the church of Madonna di Campagna, Piacenza, Italy.
👉Martyrs of Puy
The Martyrs of Puy were missionaries sent by St. Fronto of Périgueux to the area of Puy, France.
They were tortured and martyred by local pagans by beheading in Puy (modern Puy-en-Velay), France.
They were then buried together in the church of Notre Dame, Puy-en-Velay by St. Fronto and their bodies laid out to form a cross.
Their names are;
- Frontasius
- Severinus
- Severian
- Silanus
👉Martyrs of Syrmium
The martyrs of Syrmium were a group of Christians martyred together at an unknown date.
In the 3rd or 4th century at Syrmium, Pannonia (modern Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia) they died.
Their names are;
- Acutus
- Artaxus
- Eugenda
- Maximianus
- Timothy
- Tobias
- Vitus
👉Martyrs of Tomi
The Martyrs of Tomi were three brothers, all Christians, all soldiers in the imperial Roman army, and all three martyred in the persecutions of emperor Licinius Licinianus.
They died in 320 AD at Tomi, Exinius Pontus, Moesia (modern Constanta, Romania).
Their names are;
- Argeus
- Marcellinus
- Narcissus
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