Saint Nunilo

Memorial: 22 October
Profile: Sister of Saint Alodia. Muslim father and a Christian mother, she was raised Christian. When her father died, her mother married another Muslim man who persecuted the girls, imprisoned them, and turned them over to die during the persecution of Abdur Rahman II. Martyr.
Born: Huesca, Spain
Died: beheaded 851 at Huesca, Spain
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Patronage: child abuse victims, martyrs, people ridiculed for their piety, single laywomen
Additional Information: Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
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