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This pewter figurine depicts St. Julia holding a palm branch, symbolizing her martyrdom.  The statue stands 3 1/2" tall.

St. Julia of Corsica

Feast Day: Roman Rite Calendar - 05/22 Tridentine Calendar - 05/22 Patron Of: Torture Victims Profile     Carthaginian Christian nobility. Captured by invading Vandals in 616, and sold into slavery to a pagan Syrian merchant named Eusebius. When the slave ship landed at Cape Corso, Corsica. A pagan festival was in progress, and she was ordered to join in; some versions indicate that participation would have won her freedom. When she refused, her hair was torn out of her head, and she was martyred. Born     6th-7th century Carthaginian Died     beaten and crucified c.616-620 at Cape Corso, Corsica; relics at the Benedictine abbey at Brescia, Italy, which became a middle ages pilgrimage site Canonized     Pre-Congregation All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

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