Saint Pelagia of Antioch

Memorial

• 9 June

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Disciple of Saint Lucian of Antioch. When soldiers arrived to arrest her for her faith, she believed she would be raped. To escape she invited the soldiers in, claimed she was going to change, then jumped out of an upper floor window; she was killed by the fall.

Born

• late 3rd century in Antioch

Died

• c.311 by jumping off a roof

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against sexual temptation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Pelagia of Antioch“. Saints.SQPN.com. 10 June 2013. Web. 20 June 2013. <>