Saint Julia of Corsica

Memorial

• 22 May (Latin calendar)
• 16 July (Eastern calendar)

Profile

Born to the Carthaginian Christian nobility. Captured by invading Vandals in 616, and sold into slavery to a pagan Syrian merchant named Eusebius. When the slave ship landed at Cape Corso, Corsica. A pagan festival was in progress, and she was ordered to join in; some versions indicate that participation would have won her freedom. When she refused, her hair was torn out of her head, and she was martyred.

Born

• 6th to 7th century Carthaginian

Died

• beaten and crucified c.616-620 at Cape Corso, Corsica
• relics at the Benedictine abbey at Brescia, Italy, which became a middle ages pilgrimage site

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Corsica
• Livorno, Italy
• torture victims

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Julia of Corsica“. Saints.SQPN.com. 3 June 2013. Web. 20 June 2013. <>