Saint Fusca of Ravenna

Also known as

• Fosca

Memorial

• 13 February

Profile

Raised in a pagan family, at age 15 Fusca converted to Christianity and was baptized along with her nursemaid, Saint Maura. During the persecutions of Decius she was ordered by her family to renounce the faith; she refused. Arrested and tortured and ordered to sacrifice to idols, she refused. Martyr.

Died

• stabbed to death with a sword c.250 in Ravenna, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Fusca of Ravenna“. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 May 2013. Web. 21 May 2013. <>