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Emerita
Roman martyr, venerated as saint by the Catholic Church
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 22 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
259
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Rome in the cemetery of Commodilla on the Via Ostiensis, commemoration of Saint Emerita, martyr.
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 22 September as a martyr commemorated in the cemetery of Commodilla at Rome.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 22 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q54573704 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.