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Dionisia
Catholic martyr and saint
SaintFull write-upAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 15 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
234
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Lampsacus on the Hellespont, in present-day Turkey, the passion of Saints Peter, Andrew, Paul and Dionisia, martyrs.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 15 May as one of the martyrs of Lampsacus on the Hellespont.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 15 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2181166 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.