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Marta d'Astorga
Christian martyr of the 3rd century
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 23 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
300
Died
300
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the city of Astorga in Spain, St. Martha, virgin and martyr. In the reign of the Emperor Decius, under the proconsul Paternus, she was cruelly tortured for the faith of Christ and finally slain by the sword.
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 Dominican Martyrology (1955) remembers her on 23 February.
Sources
- The Martyrology of the Order of Friars Preachers (tr. W. R. Bonniwell OP, 1955), 23 February
- Wikidata Q6002046 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.