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title: "Sts. Marcellinus and Peter: Feast Day June 2 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-marcellinus-and-peter/
description: "Sts. Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs. Remembered on June 2. Read their life in Bless."
---

Martyrs · Remembered on June 2

# Sts. Marcellinus and Peter

Sts. Marcellinus and Peter is remembered on June 2 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [June 2](https://blessbible.app/saints/june/#2) |
| Title | Martyrs |
| Died | c. 304 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Wednesday, June 2, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-marcellinus-and-peter/#calendar) |

## Life

A priest and an exorcist of Rome, beheaded secretly in a wood so their graves might be unknown — but their executioner, converted, revealed the place. Constantine raised a basilica over them, and their names entered the Roman Canon, where they remain.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows Sts. Marcellinus and Peter. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Wednesday, June 2, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/06/02/) | Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Tobit 3:1-11a, 16-17a · Psalm 25:2-3, 4-5ab, 6 and 7bc, 8-9 · John 11:25a, 26 · Mark 12:18-27 |
| [Friday, June 2, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/06/02/) | Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter | White | Acts 25:13b-21 · Psalm 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab · John 14:26 · John 21:15-19 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[June 1 St. Justin Martyr](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-justin-martyr/) [June 3 St. Charles Lwanga and Companions](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-charles-lwanga-and-companions/)

[All the saints of June](https://blessbible.app/saints/june/) [Born on June 2?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#06-02) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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Sts. Marcellinus and Peter

Remembered on June 2

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-marcellinus-and-peter/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-marcellinus-and-peter/#calendar)

In the app

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