Saint Emerentiana
- Also known as
- Emerentia
- Memorial
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23 January
formerly 16 September as listed in the Martyrologium Hieronymianum
confined to local calendars since 1969
- Profile
- Foster-sister of Saint Agnes of Rome.
Catechumen.
Went to pray at Saint Agnes's grave a few days after her sister's martyrdom.
Confronted by an angry mob of pagans, she professed her faith and relationship to Agnes.
Martyr.
- Born
- Roman
- Died
- stoned to death c.304 at Rome, Italy;
buried in the cemetery at Via Nomentana;
relics later translated to the Basilica of Saint Agnes
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
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against colic
against stomach ache
- Representation
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girl with stones in her lap and holding a palm of martyrdom or lily of a holy death;
girl being stoned by a mob near the tomb of Saint Agnes
- Additional Information
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Catholic Online
Catholic Encyclopedia
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Google Directory
New Catholic Dictionary
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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