Saint Martha of Persia

Memorial

• 19 January
• 16 January (Jerusalem martyrology)

Profile

Born to the nobility. Wife of Saint Maris, mother of Saint Audifax and Saint Abachum. Convert. Martyred with her whole family in the persecutions of Aurelian.

Born

• Persia

Died

• drowned in 270 at Saint Ninfa 13 miles from Rome, Italy
• relics discovered in Rome in 1590

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia, by Léon Clugnet
• Heiligen 3s
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Martha of Persia“. Saints.SQPN.com. 18 January 2013. Web. 24 May 2013. <>