Tecla da Lentini
Feast: 10 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Thecla of Lentini was a Roman woman, considered the founder of the Christian church in the city of Lentini (Sicily) and a promoter of the veneration of the martyrs Alfius, Cyrinus and Philadelphus. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.
Summary translated from the Spanish Wikipedia article Tecla de Lentini (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
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- Arcidiocesi di Siracusa — Parrocchia Santa Tecla, Vicariato di Lentini — The Roman noblewoman who buried the martyrs Alphius, Philadelphus and Cyrinus at Lentini and founded the first churches there; patron of Lentini and of Carlentini (Contrada Santuzzi), where a parish of the archdiocese of
- Wikidata Q3982414 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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.