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Domnina of Anazarbus
Christian martyr
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 12 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
286
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Ainvarza in Cilicia, in present-day Turkey, Saint Domnina, martyr, who is said to have suffered many tortures under the emperor Diocletian and the governor Lysias and to have given up her spirit to God in prison.
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 12 October as a martyr said to have been tortured under Diocletian and to have died in prison.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 12 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q5291316 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Domnina of Anazarbus (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.