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Galina
martyr at Corinth
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 16 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Corinth in the region of Achaia in Greece, Saint Leonidas and seven companions, martyrs, who, after suffering various torments, were drowned in the sea.
Their names are: Saints Charissa, Galina, Theodora, Nica, Nunechia, Callida and Basilissa.
Among those named is Saint Galina.
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 16 April among the seven companions of Saint Leonidas who were tortured and drowned in the sea at Corinth.
Sources
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