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Serena of Rome
legendary Roman saint and martyr
SaintAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 16 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
300
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Serena of Rome is a legendary third-century martyr and saint listed in the Martyrologium Romanum. She is listed as the wife of Diocletian, however that claim is unproven and she has been removed from the calendar of saints.
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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
- santiebeati.it — Santiebeati entry 90504: 'Santa Serena di Roma — Imperatrice, Roma, inizio IV sec.', feast 16 August, matching the page.
- Wikidata Q535053 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Serena of Rome (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.