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Saint Cornelia of Africa
saint of the Catholic Church, listed by the Martyrologium Romanum as a martyr , commemorated on March 31; very little is known about her life, only that she lived during the Roman Empire in North Africa and died there
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 31 March (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 Africa, the martyrs Theodulus, Anesius, Fellx, Cornelia, and their companions.
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 31 March.
Sources
- The Martyrology of the Order of Friars Preachers (tr. W. R. Bonniwell OP, 1955), 31 March
- Wikidata Q11743693 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.