Feastday: November 23
Patron of parents who have lost a child in death; death of children; martyrs; sterility; to have male children; widows; (reflecting only St Martialis) - Town of Torricella Peligna, Province of Chieti, in the Abruzzo, and the town of Isca sullo Ionio, Province of
Birth: 101
Death: 165
is a saint numbered among the Christian martyrs. Apart from her name, the only thing known for certain about this martyr is that she was buried in the Cemetery of Maximus, on the Via Salaria on a 23 November.
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