Saint Crescentia

Memorial: 15 June
removed from the calendar and cultus suppressed in 1969
Profile: Married to Saint Modestus. Nurse of Saint Vitus; she and Modestus converted the boy to Christianity. Vitus's pagan father had him arrested and scourged. Freed from prison by an angel, she travelled with Vitus and Modestus to Lucania and Rome, Italy. Martyr.
Died: boiled in oil c.303 in Lucania, Italy
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Additional Information: The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
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