Saint Actinea of Volterra

Memorial

• 16 June

Profile

Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian. No other information has survived.

Died

• beheaded at Volterra, Etruria, Italy in the early 4th century
• relics discovered in the Camaldolese church of Saint Justus and Saint Clement, Volterra, in 1140

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Representation

• young woman with a dagger

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Dictionary of Saintly Women
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Actinea of Volterra”. Saints.SQPN.com. 21 September 2012. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-actinea-of-volterra/>