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

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Domnina of Syria”. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-domnina-of-syria/>