Saint Gorgonia

Memorial

• 9 December

Profile

Daughter of Saint Gregory of Nazianzen the Elder and Saint Nonna. Sister of Saint Gregory of Nazianzen and Saint Caesarius of Nazianzen. Married, and mother of three. Twice miraculously cured of serious maladies, one of which resulted from being trampled by a team of mules which broke bones and crushed internal organs, and the other whose symptoms included headaches, fever, paralysis, and repeated coma. Each was cured by the strength of her prayer.

Died

• c.375 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against bodily ills
• against illness
• against sickness
• sick people

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Gorgonia“. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 June 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>