SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR June 02

SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR June 02
Sts. Marcellinus and Peter, Roman Catholic Priest Martyrs. Marcellinus, a priest, and Peter, an exorcist. Marcellinus and Peter: two of the innumerable saints who have given heroic witness to the Gospel in the infancy of the Church, when neither torture nor death could give them cause to turn their backs on Christ. Their story unfolds between the end of the third and the beginning of the fourth century. Feastday June 2
St. Blandina, Roman Catholic Martyr. Blandina was tortured for her faith; body burned and ashes thrown in the Tiber River. Feastday June2
Martyrs of Lyons, A group of Christians that include Photinus, Sanctius, Vetius, Epagathus, Maturus, Ponticus, Biblis, Attalus, Alexander, Blandina, and companions. They were attacked by a pagan mob and then tried as Christians in the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius in Lugdunum, Gaul. Writers from Lyons and Vienne provided very graphic descriptions of the terible torments endured by these martyrs. Feastday June2.
St. Adalgis, 686 A.D. A missionary and monastic founder, born in Ireland. As part of the heroic undertakings of the early Irish monks, Adalgis, who was a disciple of St. Fursey, sailed from his home to France. He did missionary work in Arras and Laon and founded a monastery in Picardy.
St. Bodfan, 7th century. Patron saint of Ahern, in Gwynredd, Wales. He saw the formation of Beaumaris Bay in a natural inundation and became a religious.
ST. EUGENE I, POPE