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Saint Serapia
1st-century Roman saint and martyr
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 29 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
100
Died
119
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Serapia was a Roman saint, a slave and martyr, also called Seraphia or Seraphima of Syria.
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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
- Roman Martyrology (1916 English translation), 29 July — "At Rome, St. Serapia, virgin. In the reign of Emperor Hadrian, she was handed over to two evil young men..."; Butler adds that she was the servant of St Sabina.
- Wikidata Q682282 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Serapia (CC BY-SA)
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.