Saint Domnina of Syria

Memorial

• 1 March

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Consecrated virgin who lived in a shed, leaving only to attend Mass. She devoted her life to prayer and to caring for travellers. Known for keeping her face covered at all times and refusing to look at the faces of others.

Died

• c.460 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Lives of the Saints, by Sabine Baring-Gould
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Domnina of Syria”. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 February 2010. Web. 18 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-domnina-of-syria/>