The second day of January.
Events[]
- 533: Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy.
- 1492: Unification of Spain. Boabdil, the last Moorish King of Granada, surrenders his city to the army of Ferdinand and Isabella after a lengthy siege.
- 2006: Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort begin broadcasting The Way of the Master radio series.
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Roman Catholicism[]
- The eighth day of Christmas (and ninth night of same). Eight Maids A-milking!
- Basil the Great
- Caspar del Bufalo
- Gregory of Nazianzus
- Macarius the Younger
- Seraphim of Sarov
- St. Berchtold's Day, Switzerland
Eastern Orthodox[]
- Hieromartyr Theogenes of Parium, bishop on the Hellespont (320)
- Saint Ammon of Tabennisi, monk
- Saint Sylvester of the Kiev Caves (12th century)
- Venerable Theopemtus, monk
- Saint Theodota, mother of Saints Cosmas and Damian
- Venerable Mark the deaf-mute
- Martyr Sergius of Caesarea in Cappadocia
- Martyr Theopistus
- Saint Cosmas of Constantinople, archbishop (1075)
- Martyr Zorsisus (1770)
- Righteous Juliana of Lazarevo (1604)
- Martyr George the Georgian
- Saint Sylvester, Pope of Rome (335)
- Repose of abbess Thaisia of Leushino (1915)