Saint Virginia of Ste-Verge

Also known as

• Virginia of Poitiers
• Virginia of Thonars
• Verge of….
• Vierge of….
• Virgana of….

Memorial

• 7 January
• 31 January on some calendars

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Shepherdess in the area of Poitou, France.

Died

• Deux-Sèvres, Poitou, France
• relics transferred to the church of Saint Vicent in Metz, France
• relics destroyed in 1793 during the anti-Church excesses of the French Revolution

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against fever
• —
• Sainte-Verge, France

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

• “Saint Virginia of Ste-Verge“. Saints.SQPN.com. 7 January 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <>