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Saint Ninfa

one of the four patron saints of Palermo, Sicily

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 10 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
300
Died
316
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Tryphon of Campsada (Greek: Τρύφων : Trúphōn; also spelled Trypho, Trifon, Triphon) was a 3rd-century Christian saint. He is venerated by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches as a great martyr and holy unmercenary.

Summary of the Wikipedia article Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha, which covers Saint Ninfa 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.

Sources

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.

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