2 June – Saint Blandina

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Martyre de sainte Blandine (France, Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, NAF 15941 f.32)
Martyrdom in San Stefano Rotondo in Rome
Ste. Blandine et Ses Compagnes (St. Blandina and Her Companions), June 2nd, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year), Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy), Etching; second state of two (Lieure)
Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L’Année
Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Tauri pingues obsedurunt me.
Fat bulls have besieged me.
Psalm 21.13
Opprobriis, et tribulationibus spectaculum facti.
By reproaches and tribulations, were made a gazingstock.
Hebrews 10.33
The Book of Saints

Modern Hagiography

Roman Martyrology

Sanctorale Catholicum

Dictionary of Saintly Women

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

La vie des saints

Victories of the Martyrs by Saint Alphonsus Liguori.

Deeds of Faith by John Mason Neale.

Miniature Lives of the Saints for Every Day in the Year

See also 2 June – Saint Pothinus and Companions.

Contemporary Hagiography

BHL, Supplement

Acta Sanctorum

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database

The Letter of the Churchs of Vienna and Lyons to the Churches of Asia and Phrygia
including the story of the Blessed Blandina

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

BeWeB

Portail Biblissima

Europeana

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

Saints and their Attributes

The Saints in Art by Joseph Maria von Radowitz.

Emblems of Saints by Which They Are Distinguished in Works of Art by F. C. Husenbeth.