Saints Digna and Emerita (died 259 AD) are venerated as
saint
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s by the
Catholic Church
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. They were Roman maidens seized and put to the torture as
Christians
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in the persecution of Valerian (A.D. 254-A.D. 259) at Rome.
Their
feast day
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is celebrated on September 22.
Their
relic
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s are said to lie at the church of
San Marcello al Corso, in Rome, although it is recorded that on April 5, 838, a
monk
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named Felix appeared at
Fulda
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History ...
with the remains of Saints
Cornelius,
Callistus,
Agapitus,
Georgius Georgius is a masculine given name, the Latin form of the Greek name Γεώργιος ''Georgios''; its English equivalent is ''George''. Notable people with the name include:
* Georgius Choeroboscus (7th century), Greek educator
* Georgius Tzul (1 ...
,
Vincentius
Vincent ( la, Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word (''to conquer'').
People with the given name Artists
*Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor
*Vincent van Gogh ...
, Maximus,
Cecilia,
Eugenia, Digna, Emerita, and Columbana.
[Patrick J. Geary, ''Furta Sacra: Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages'' (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990), 48.]
Notes
External links
Catholic Online: Digna and Emerita
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259 deaths
3rd-century Christian martyrs
Groups of Christian martyrs of the Roman era
Year of birth unknown