Sep 272010
![[Saint Seraphia, Virgin and Martyr]](http://saints.sqpn.com/wp-content/gallery/pictorial-lives-of-the-saints/saint-seraphia-virgin-and-martyr.jpg "Saint Seraphia, Virgin and Martyr")
Also known as
- Serapia the Martyr
- Serapia of Syria
- Seraphia of Syria
- 29 July
- formerly 3 September
Profile
When Seraphia was very young, her family fled from Syria to Italy to escape the persecutions of Hadrian. Orphaned as a young woman, she had many offers of marriage, but was drawn to a religious life; she sold all her possessions, gave the money to the poor, and then sold herself into slavery. By her good example, she converted her owner, Saint Sabina. Martyr.
Born
- Antioch, Syria
Died
- with Saint Sabina
- woman holding a book
- woman holding a tablet
- woman working as an imperial Roman household slave
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Pictoria Lives of the Saints
MLA Citation
- “Saint Seraphia the Martyr”. Saints.SQPN.com. 27 September 2010. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-seraphia-the-martyr/>