Saint Daria

Memorial

• 25 October

Profile

Married to Saint Chrysanthus. Zealous and public in her Christianity. Martyred under Numerian and Carinus.

Not surprisingly, many legends developed around couple of married martyrs, and others were rewritten to use them as their lead characters. Modern scholarship has dismissed all these leaving only two of the thousands of faithful lost in the early days of the Church.

Born

• Greek

Died

• stoned to death c.283 in a sandpit off the Salarian Way
• relics at Münstereifel

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Eissel, Germany
• Salzburg, Austria

Representation

• lily

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia, by J P Kirsch
• Golden Legend
• Holy Protection Russian Orthodox Church
• Katherine Rabenstein
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Daria“. Saints.SQPN.com. 24 February 2013. Web. 19 May 2013. <>