Saint Emerita of Rome

Memorial

• 22 September

Profile

Consecrated virgin, an early version of a nun. When dragged to court for the crime of Christianity during the persecutions of Valerian, she simply stood in front of the judge and prayed. Martyr.

Died

• c.259 in Rome, Italy
• relics enshrined in the church of Saint Marcellus in Rome

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Emerita of Rome”. Saints.SQPN.com. 21 September 2010. Web. 18 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-emerita-of-rome/>