Women Saints and Martyrs

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...