Saint Eugenia of Rome

Sep 112008
 

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Young noble woman. Converted by and martyred with her servants, Saint Hyacinth and Saint Protus during the persecution Valerian. Her Acta read like a melodramatic adventure novel, but are worthless as biography.

Died

  • martyred c.258, probably by beheading
  • buried in Apronianus cemetery on the Via Latina

Canonized

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