Saints of 2 January
The feast, the saints of the day, and the Roman Martyrology for 2 January.
Feasts in 2026
Friday 2 January 2026.
- Ordinary Form: Sts Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen. Memorial, white.
- 1962 calendar: January 2. Fourth class, white.
Feasts that depend on the date of Easter fall on a different day each year.
Saints of the day
- Sts Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen. Fourth-century bishops and Doctors of the Church.
Roman Martyrology
The Octave of St Stephen, the first martyr
The Octave of St. Stephen, the first martyr.
Many holy martyrs (Rome, under Diocletian)
At Rome, the commemoration of many holy martyrs, who, despising the edict of the emperor Diocletian, which ordered that the sacred books should be delivered up, preferred to surrender themselves to the executioners rather than to give holy things to dogs.
St Isidore of Antioch
At Antioch, the passion of blessed Isidore, bishop.
Ss. Argeus, Narcissus, and Marcellinus, martyrs (Tomis)
At Tomis, in Pontus, in the time of the emperor Licinius, three holy brothers, Argeus, Narcissus, and the young man Marcellinus. This last, being enrolled among the new soldiers, and refusing to serve, was beaten almost to death, and for a long time kept in prison. Being finally cast into the sea, he finished his martyrdom; but his brothers were beheaded.
St Martinian of Milan
At Milan, St. Martinian, bishop.
St Isidore of Nitria
In Nitria, in Egypt, blessed Isidore, bishop and confessor.
St Siridion, bishop
The same day, St. Siridion, bishop.
St Macarius of Alexandria
In Thebais, St. Macarius of Alexandria, abbot.
From the 1916 English edition of the Roman Martyrology, which is in the public domain. Saints canonised since then are added with a short note.
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