Saint Julitta

Also known as: Juliot
Memorial: 16 June
15 July (Synaxarium of Constantinople)
Profile: Mother of Saint Cyriacus of Iconium. Widow. Moved from Iconium to Isauria to avoid persecution as a Christian. Tortured and martyred during the persecutions of Diocletian. Legend says that from the site of her burial there erupted a miraculous spring of water that cured the sick and improved the health of those who immersed in it.

Some scholars claim that the entire story is fiction, and there is no question that earlier writers hugely embellished this popular and frequently retold story.
Died: martyred c.304; sources describe several methods, all horridly painful
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Patronage: death of children
single laywomen
torture victims
widows
Representation: burned at the stake
holding a cross and palm
holding Saint Cyricus by the hand
martyred, with a fountain springing from her blood
standing near oxen
Additional Information: Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia, by J P Kirsch
Catholic Online
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Google Directory
New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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