Saint Justina of Antioch
- Memorial
- 26 September
- Profile
- Young woman who had consecrated her virginity to God.
Saint Cyprian, a pagan magician at the time, tried to use his arts to seduce her; she cancelled his spell by making the sign of the Cross.
Nun.
Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.
- Died
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martyred in Nicomedia in 304
relics in Vatican Basilica and Saint John Lateran, Rome, Italy
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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