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Martha of Persia
virgin and martyr in Persia
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 19 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
In Persia, Saint Martha, virgin and martyr, who on the day after the killing of her father Pusicius, the day of the Lord's Resurrection, suffered martyrdom under King Shapur II.
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 19 April as a virgin martyred in Persia under King Shapur II, the day after her father Pusicius was killed.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.