Saint Asteria of Bergamo

Also known as

• Hesteria

Memorial

• 10 August

Profile

Sister of Saint Grata of Bergamo. Worked to provide Christian burial for martyrs. Executed by Diocletian for doing it. Martyr.

Died

• beheaded c.307
• venerated in Bergamo, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Asteria of Bergamo”. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 June 2012. Web. 20 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-asteria-of-bergamo/>