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Virginia
martyr from the reign of Marcus Aurelius
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 5 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
101
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Virginia was a young Christian martyred during the persecutions of the 2nd century. She is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.
Summary translated from the Italian Wikipedia article Virginia (martire romana) (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
- santiebeati.it, 'Santa Virginia' / Italian Catholic tradition of the Roman martyr Virginia — A young Christian martyred at Rome in the second century, 'venerata come santa dalla Chiesa cattolica'; santiebeati carries a Santa Virginia (it places her on 7 January, while this entry and Italian sources give 5 August
- Wikidata Q4013953 — 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.