Saint Benedicta of Origny-sur-Oise

Memorial

• 8 October

Profile

Third-century Christian daughter of Mathoclus, a pagan imperial Roman senator. Missionary in Origny-sur-Oise, France. Captured, she was tortured by her father to make her abandon her faith; when that did not work, he killed her. Martyr.

Died

• beheaded with an axe by her father Malthoclus in 262

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Benedicta of Origny-sur-Oise”. Saints.SQPN.com. 26 August 2012. Web. 20 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-benedicta-of-origny-sur-oise/>