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Virgin, martyr (c.250), died Bolsena, Tuscany.
The daughter of a pagan nobleman, she embraced Christianity, and in her zeal destroyed the gold and silver idols of her father, distributing them as alms among the poor.
She suffered torments and a cruel death under Diocletian, and has been venerated since the 4th century.
Patroness of millers, archers, and mariners.
Emblems: a knife, arrow, serpent.
Relics at Palermo and Torcelli, head in Cathedral at Milan.
Feast, Roman Calendar, 24 July.
New Catholic Dictionary
