August 2

The second day of August.
==Births==
* 1703. Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)
* 1931. Pierre DuMaine, Catholic bishop
==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)
* Saint Auspicius, bishop of Apt, martyr
* Saint Eusebius, bishop of Vercelli
* Saint Gaudentius, bishop of Chur, martyr
* 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
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