The second day of August.
Events[]
Births[]
Deaths[]
- 257. Pope Stephen I
- 686. Pope John V
Feast Days[]
Roman Catholicism[]
- Saint Alphonsus Mary de Ligouri
- Translation of Saint Alban, martyr (protomartyr of England) [England]
- Saint Auspicius, bishop of Apt, martyr [Apt]
- Saint Eusebius, bishop of Vercelli
- Saint Gaudentius, bishop of Chur, martyr [Chur]
- Saint Peter Julian Eymard
- Saint Pope Stephen I, martyr [common; 6082, in red]
- Saint Catherine (daughter of Bridget) [Scandinavia]
- Saint Etheldritha/Alfrida
Orthodox Christianity[]
- Basil, Fool for Christ, in the Russian Orthodox Church
- Ilya the Prophet in the Russian Orthodox Church.
- Saint Abel of Reims in the Syrian Orthodox Church