Saint Valeria of Milan
Also known as
- Valerie of Milan
Profile
Wife of Saint Vitalis of Milan. Mother of Saint Gervase and Saint Protase. Martyred for given decent burial for Christian martyrs, and then refusing to sacrifice to pagan gods. Some modern writers contend that she may have been a character in a work of fiction mistaken for history.
- beaten to death with clubs in the 1st or 2nd century in Milan, Italy
- relics in the British Museum and in Thibodeaux, Louisiana
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Online
- Catholic Online
- For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
- Saint Joseph’s Parish, Thibodeaux, Louisiana, USA
