Saint Candida of Naples

Also known as

• Candida the Younger

Memorial

• 4 September

Profile

Lay woman noted throughout her region for her personal holiness. It was the work of her lifetime to convert her heathen husband and son.

Born

• Naples, Italy

Died

• 586 in Naples, Italy of natural causes
• healing oil reported to have flowed from her tomb

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Candida of Naples”. Saints.SQPN.com. 26 September 2012. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-candida-of-naples/>