Candida the Elder
Christian martyr
Feast: 4 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Candida the Elder (Italian: Candida la Vecchia) (died c. AD 78) was a legendary early Christian saint and resident of Naples, Italy, who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, with a feast day on 4 September. She is one of the patron saints of Naples.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
- Roman Martyrology, 4 September — 'At Naples, in Campania, the birthday of St. Candida, who was the first to meet St. Peter when he came to that city, and being baptized by him, afterwards ended her holy life in peace.' One of the patrons of Naples, feas
- Wikidata Q432813 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Candida the Elder (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.