Saint Dionysia the Martyr

Memorial

• 6 December

Profile

Born to the nobility. Widow. Sister of Saint Dativa. Mother of Saint Majoricus the Martyr. Martyred during the persecutions of the Arian Vandal king Huneric. A witness records that as she was being scourged, she called to her son not to lose his faith.

Died

• scourged and burned at the stake in 484, somewhere in North Africa

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Dionysia the Martyr”. Saints.SQPN.com. 20 November 2009. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-dionysia-the-martyr/>