Saint Phaina of Ancyra

Memorial

• 18 May

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Nun martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

• martyred c.304 in Ancyra, Galatia (in modern Turkey)
• her burial led to the martyrdom of Saint Theodatus of Ancyra

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint PHaina of Ancyra”. Saints.SQPN.com. 19 May 2012. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-phaina-of-ancyra/>