Saint Zoe of Rome
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- Also known as
- Zoa;
Zoa of Rome
- Memorial
- 5 July
- Profile
- Married to Nicostratus, a high court official in imperial Rome.
She had a great devotion to Saint Peter the Apostle.
One day during the persecutions of Diocletion, while praying at Peter's tomb, she was arrested for her faith.
Martyr.
- Died
- burned to death after being hung in a tree by her hair and a fire lit under her feet c.286
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Representation
- woman hanging by her hair in a tree
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