Saint Praxides
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- Also known as
- Praxedes
- Memorial
- 21 July
- Profile
- Daughter of a Roman senator and Saint Pudens.
Sister of Saint Prudentiana.
Lay woman who never married.
She employed her wealth in the interest of the Church, and was renowned for her virtues.
- Died
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164 in Rome, Italy of natural causes
relics in the Saint Praxides Church, Rome
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
- single laywomen
- Representation
- woman holding a basin in one hand, branches in the other
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