Digna
Roman martyr, venerated as saint by the Catholic Church
Feast: 22 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Digna and Emerita (died 259 AD) are venerated as saints by the Catholic Church. They were Roman maidens seized and put to the torture as Christians in the persecution of Valerian (A.D. 254-A.D. 259) at Rome.
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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.
- The Roman Martyrology (Gregory XIII; ed. Rome 1845, English tr. 1897, imprimatur Cardinal Gibbons), 22 September — 'At Rome, the martyrdom of the holy virgins and martyrs Digna and Emerita, under Valerian and Gallienus. Their relics are kept in the church of St. Marcellus.' Feast 22 September and the date 259 (Valerian) both match. N
- Wikidata Q54573689 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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