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Felicula
4th century Christian martyr and saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 13 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
400
Died
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unknown
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Rome, at the seventh mile of the Via Ardeatina, Saint Felicula, 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 13 June as a martyr of Rome on the Via Ardeatina.
Connected on this site
- Gregory I Saint“Felicula was a probably fourth-century Roman martyr whose relics Pope Gregory I gave to Bishop John of Ravenna in about 592.” — Wikipedia
- John of Ravenna Saint“Felicula was a probably fourth-century Roman martyr whose relics Pope Gregory I gave to Bishop John of Ravenna in about 592.” — Wikipedia
- Nereus and Achilleus Saint“The heavily romanticized Acts of Saints Nereus and Achilleus make of Felicula one of the first virgin martyrs and assign her death to about 90 AD.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 13 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q299832 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Felicula (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.