Saint Martha of Persia

Memorial

• 19 January

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
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Martha of Persia”. Saints.SQPN.com. 29 January 2011. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-martha-of-persia/>