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Heliconis
martyr at Corinth
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 28 May (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 Achaia, in Greece, Saint Heliconis, martyr, who, in the time of the emperor Gordian, under the governor Perennius and then under his successor Justinus, endured many torments and crowned her martyrdom by beheading.
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 28 May as a martyr at Corinth who endured many torments under the governors Perennius and Justinus and was beheaded.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 28 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q12751546 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.