Saint Aquilina of Syria

Memorial

• 13 June

Profile

Arrested at age 12 for her faith during the persecutions of Diocletian. When she clung to her faith, the magistrate Volusian ordered the child beaten and beheaded. Martyr. Saint Joseph the Hymnographer composed an Office in her honour.

Born

• 3rd century Biblus, Phoenicia

Died

• beheaded

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Aquilina of Syria”. Saints.SQPN.com. 27 January 2011. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-aquilina/>