ST. BIBIANA, ROMAN PATRON,, ST. PIMEN, ST. SILVERIUS, POPE Dec. 2

ST. BIBIANA, ROMAN PATRON, HER CHURCH ON THE ESQUILINO

St. Bibiana, Roman Catholic Virgin and Martyr, Apronianus ordered her to be tied to a pillar and beaten with scourges, laden with lead plummets, until she expired. Feastday December 2

ST. PIMEN, MARTYR ON THE VIA PORTUENSE

ST. SILVERIUS, POPE

The son of Hormisdas, St. Silverius was nominated to succeed Agapetus I in 536 by King Theodahad of the Goths and was elected through his influence. Empress Theodora had wanted a pope more open to monothelitism and sent Belisarius to depose Silverius. Dec 2