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Matrona of Barcelona
3rd-century saint of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 27 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
250
Died
300
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Matrona of Barcelona or Matrona of Thessalonica (Catalan: Madrona, IPA: [məˈðɾonə]) is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church. She was recognized as a saint pre-congregation.
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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
- Butler's Lives of the Saints — Butler for 15 March: 'St Matrona, virgin and martyr'; his notice adds that at Barcelona there are the remains of a virgin of the same name.
- Wikidata Q3822117 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Matrona of Barcelona (CC BY-SA)
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.