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Gemma de Saintonge
SaintDate unknown
Born
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Died
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Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Saint Gemma of Saintonge was a French martyr. She is a legendary virgin saint of Portuguese origin, martyred in Aquitaine. Her name appears in the place names of some French communes.
Summary translated from the Italian Wikipedia article Gemma di Saintonge (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Nominis (Conférence des évêques de France), 'Sainte Gemme' — Legendary virgin martyr of Iberian origin venerated in the Saintonge; more than ten French communes bear her name (Sainte-Gemme, Sainte-Gemmes), and the eleventh-century priory of Sainte-Gemme in the Baconnais forest was
- Wikidata Q3100325 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.