Women Saints and Martyrs

June 27 St. Emma. Emma was a relative of Emperor St. Henry II and was also known as Hemma. She was raised at Henry's court by St. Cunegund, and according to legend was married to Landgrave William of Friesach. Their two children were murdered during an uprising of mines owned by William. Grief-stricken, he made a pilgrimage to Rome and died on the way back. Emma then decided to devote her life to God. She gave liberally to the poor, founded several religious houses and a double monastery at Gurk, Austria, she may have become a nun there. Despite the above legend, scholars believe she was of the Friesach family rather than William and that her son was killed in a battle twenty years after the death of her husband, Count William of Sanngan, about the year 1015, and it was at this time that she began her foundations. Her cult was confirmed in 1938. Her feast day is June 27th. June 28 St. Vincenza Gerosa , 1847 A.D. Co-foundress of the Sisters of Charity. A native of Lovere, Italy. O

June 20 St. Florentina , 636 A.D. She was born in Cartagena, Spain, and was the sister of Sts. Leander, Isidore, and Fulgentius. Leander raised Florentina and founded a convent for her, where she became abbess. St. Helena , 750 A.D. Benedictine abbess of Ohren Abbey in Trier. Germany, also called Heliada. June 21 St. Demetria , 363 A.D. Reportedly the sister of St. Bibiana and the daughter of Sts. Flavian and Dafrosa. After the martyrdom of her parents, Demetria dropped dead when she was arrested with St. Bibiana Sts. Rufinus and Martia, 1st century. Martyrs put to death during the first persecutions of the Church in Syracuse, Sicily. June 22 St. Consortia , 570 A.D. Foundress of a convent endowed by King Clotaire I of Soissons and the Franks. Consortia reportedly cured Clotaire’s daughter of a mortal illness. She has long been venerated at Cluny, in France, but nothing is known of her life. June 23 Saint Ethelreda (Audrey), 679 A.D. About 640 A.D., there was an English princess nam

June 13 St. Damhnade. Virgin venerated in Ireland. St. Felicula, 90 A.D. Virgin martyr , the foster sister of St. Petronilla. Flaccus, a powerful Roman official, proposed marriage to Petronilla and was refused. He then had her arrested. After Petronilla’s martyrdom, Felicula went without food or water in the prison. She was then thrown into a sewer, where she died. St. Nicomedes recovered her remains. St. Aquilina . Aquilina was born of Christian parents in Biblus, Phoenicia. She was arrested during Diocletian's persecution of Christians, and though only twelve, was beaten and decapitated by order of the Magistrate, Volusian, when she would not renounce her Faith. June 15 St. Adelaide , 1250 A.D. Also called Aleydis, a contemplative and miracle worker born in Schwaerbeek, Belgium, who was placed in a Cistercian convent at La Cambre when only seven years old. She grew up in this religious community and was beloved because of her humility and goodness. The nuns, however, discovered

June 6 St. Cocca . Patroness of Kilcock on the borders of Counties Meath and Kildare in Ireland also called Cucca or Cuach. June 8 St. Eustadiola , 690 A.D. Widow and Benedictine abbess. She lived in Bourges, France, where she was widowed and left with a fortune. Eustadiola used the wealth to build a convent in Bourges, Moyenmoutier, where she retired and became an abbess. St. Melania the Elder , 410 A.D. Foundress, a patrician woman of the Roman Valerii family. She was one of the first Roman matrons to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where she founded a monastery on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. St. Calliope , 3rd century. An Eastern martyr who was beheaded. The date and location of her martyrdom are unknown. June 9 Bl. Diana . A member of the d'Andalo family, Diana was born near Bologna Italy, and convinced her father to withdraw his opposition to the founding of a Dominican priory on land he owned in Bologna. Dominic received her vow of virginity, but she was forced to