Palatia
early 4th-century Roman saint
Feast: 8 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Palatias and Laurentia (Italian: Sante Palazia e Laurenzia, Lorenza) (died 302 AD) are martyrs venerated by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. According to tradition, Palatias or Palatia was an aristocratic Roman woman who was converted to Christianity by her wet nurse or slave Laurentia. They were executed for being Christians at Fermo, in present-day Italy, during the reign of Diocletian.
Summary of the Wikipedia article Palatias and Laurentia, which covers Palatia with others (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
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.
- Martyrology of the Order of Preachers — 8 October — Martyrology of the Order of Preachers, 8 October: 'At Ancona, Ss. Palatias and Laurentia. During the persecution of Diocletian under the governor Dion, they were sent into exile...' The Roman Martyrology (Latin) has 'Anc
- Wikidata Q54578083 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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.