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Maxima of Rome
Italian saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 2 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
250
Died
304
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Maxima of Rome () was a slave and friend of Saint Ansanus of Siena. She was martyred by being beaten to death in the persecutions of Diocletian, circa 304. Locally recognized as saint, her feast day is September 2.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- CatholicSaints.Info — Book of Saints: Maxima, 2 September — The Roman martyr beaten to death with St Ansanus under Diocletian; the Martyrologium Romanum has 'Romae sanctae Maximae martyris, quae una cum sancto Ansano Christum confessa... reddidit spiritum'. Feast 2 September matc
- Wikidata Q6795631 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Maxima of Rome (CC BY-SA)
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