Saint Valeria of Limoges

Jun 292009

detail of a photograph of a bas-relief sculpture of Saint Valerie of Limoges presenting her severed head to Saint Martial; sculpter on the altar of Saint Michel des Lions, Limoges, France; taken by Sjwells53 in August 2008; swiped off the Wikipedia web site
Memorial

9 December

Profile

Daughter of an imperial Roman senator. Convert. Spiritual student of Saint Martial of Limoges. Betrothed in an arranged marriage, she said that she wanted to devote herself to God; her fiancee refused to believe it, assumed she had another lover, and killed her. Martyr. Possibly apocryphal.

beheaded in Limoges, France

Pre-Congregation

Representation

woman with crown and palm
holding her severed head
with Saint Martial of Limoges

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

“Saint Valeria of Limoges”. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 December 2012. Web. 20 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-valeria-of-limoges/>