Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (died 1897)

Thérèse of Lisieux, in religion Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, was a French Discalced Carmelite who is widely venerated in modern times. She is popularly known in English as the Little Flower of Jesus, or simply the Little Flower, and in French as la petite Thérèse.

January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 363 days remain until the end of the year.