Saint Justa
![[Saint Justa and Saint Ruffina]](saintj0p.jpg "13kb jpg detail from 'Saint Justa and Saint Ruffina', by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1665-1666, oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Sevilla, Spain")
- Also known as
- Justin
- Memorial
- 19 July
- Profile
- Potter, and the daughter of a potter.
Sister of Saint Ruffina.
A wealthy customer offered to purchase a large part of their earthenware for a very good price.
When the girls learned that the pots would be used in pagan rituals, they smashed them all.
Arrested for heresy against the gods.
Martyr.
- Died
- fed to lions
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
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potters
Seville, Spain
- Representation
- pots
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