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Tryphaena of Cyzicus
Christian martyr
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 5 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
100
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Tryphaena (name in Greek: η Τρύφαινα or Τρυφαίνη, flourished 1st century) was a Roman Christian woman that lived in the Roman Empire.
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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
- CatholicSaints.Info - Saint Tryphaena of Cyzicus — Martyr gored to death by a bull at Cyzicus; patron of nursing mothers. Explicitly cited to the Roman Martyrology, 1914 edition, and the Book of Saints (Ramsgate). Memorial there is 31 January rather than the 5 January on
- Wikidata Q7848784 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Tryphaena of Cyzicus (CC BY-SA)
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