Saint Eugenia of Rome

Memorial

• 25 December

Profile

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

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

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Golden Legend, by Jacobus de Voragine
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Eugenia of Rome“. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 February 2013. Web. 19 May 2013. <>