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Polyxena
Christian martyr and saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 23 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
100
Died
100
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In Spain, the holy women Xanthippe and Polyxena, who were disciples of the Apostles.
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 September.
Connected on this site
- Xanthippe Saint Brother or sister
Sources
- The Martyrology of the Order of Friars Preachers (tr. W. R. Bonniwell OP, 1955), 23 September
- Wikidata Q6081867 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.