Saint Blaesilla

Memorial

• 22 January

Profile

Daughter of Saint Paula. Friend and spiritual student of Saint Jerome. Married in her teens to Furius, son of Titiana; widowed after only seven months, after which she consecrated herself to God. Student of Hebrew.

Born

• c.363

Died

• 383 in Rome, Italy of a fever

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• brides
• widows

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Blaesilla”. Saints.SQPN.com. 21 January 2010. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-blaesilla/>