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Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 10/06
Patron Of:
Pilgrims
Memorial
6 October
Profile
An exquisitely beautiful woman, and utterly indifferent to the world. Arrested for her faith and tried by Dacian, procurator at Agen, France during the persecutions of Diocletian. Martyred with Saint Alberta. When some of the spectators expressed sympathy for the girl, Dacian had them beheaded.
Born
at Agen, Aquitaine, (modern France)
Died
cooked on a brazier, then beheaded
relics translated to a church in Agen in the 5th century
relics moved to the abbey of Conques in Rouergue in 886
relics moved to a new church there in 1050
part of the relics moved to the monastery of Cucufat, Catalonia in 1365
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Patronage
pilgrims
prisoners
soldiers
All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.
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