Saint Verena

Memorial

• 1 September

Profile

Related to one of the soldiers of the Theban Legion. She travelled to Switzerland to search for him and after learning of his death she settled down to live as an anchoress near Zurich.

Born

• Egypt

Died

• 3rd century

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Verena”. Saints.SQPN.com. 29 August 2010. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-verena/>