⛪ February 2

📰 St. Adalbald of Ostrevant (Belgian, duke, son of a saint, husband of a saint, father of four saints, devoted to pious works, c. 652)

📰 St. Adeloga of Kitzingen (French, princess, Benedictine  abbess, c. 745)

📰 Bl. Andrew Carl Ferrari of Lalatta di Protopiano [Andrea Carlo] (Italian, cardinal archbishop of Milan, died at age 70 in 1921 [beatified 1987])

📰 St. Apronian of Rome (Italian, executioner of Christians, converted by a martyr, martyred c. 304)

📰 Bl. Benedict Daswa of Mbahe [pre-Christian name: Tshimangadzo Samuel] (South African, convert at about age 17, layman, schoolteacher and principal, martyred [beaten and stabbed by superstitious pagans] at age 43 in 1990 [beatified 2015])

📰 St. Columbanus of Ghent (Irish, abbot in Belgium, hermit, d. 959)

📰 St. Cornelius of Rome (Italian, centurion in Palestine, baptized with family by St. Peter [Acts 10], bishop of Caesarea, 1st Century)

📰 Holy Martyrs of Ebsdorf (German ... duke, four bishops, eleven noblemen, and countless footsoldiers ... martyred by pagan invaders in 880) [Included were the following:]

----- St. Bruno (duke)

----- St. Marquard of Hildesheim (Benedictine  monk, bishop)

----- St. Theodoric of Ninden (bishop)

📰 St. Feock (Irish? virgin)

📰 St. Flosculus of Orléans (French, bishop, c. 480)

📰 Sts. Fortunatus, Felician, Firmus of Rome, and Candidus (early martyrs)

📰 St. Joan de Lestonnac of Bordeaux [Jeanne] (French, mother of seven, widow, visionary, foundress and superior of Sisters of the Company of Mary, died at age 83 in 1640 [beatified 1900, canonized 1949])

📰 Bl. Louis Brisson of Plancy-l'Abbaye (French, diocesan priest, co-founded Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales, founded Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, died at age 90 in 1908 [beatified 2012])

📰 St. Mary Catherine Kasper of Dernbach [Maria Caterina] [baptized Katharina] (German, virgin, founded Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, died [heart attack] at age 77 in 1898 [beatified 1978, canonized 2018])

📰 Bl. Mary Josephine of the Immaculate Mantovani of Castelletto di Brenzone (Maria Giuseppina dell’Immacolata) [baptized Maria Domenica (Mary Dominic)] (Italian, virgin, co-founded Institute of Little Sisters of the Holy Family, died at age 71 in 1934 [beatified 2003])

📰 Bl. Peter Cambiano of Chieri [Pietro] (Italian, Dominican  priest, inquisitor general, martyred with daggers by Waldensian heretics in France at about age 44 in 1365 [beatified 1856])

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