Saint Photina of Rome

Also known as

• Photina the Samaritan
• Fotina….

Memorial

• 20 March

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Martyred in the persecutions of Nero. One tradition says that she was the woman that Jesus talked to at Jacob’s well (John 4).

Died

• in Rome, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Heiligen 3s
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Photina of Rome“. Saints.SQPN.com. 20 March 2013. Web. 25 May 2013. <>