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Asella of Rome
Roman saint died in 405 or 406
SaintResearchedAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 6 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
334
Died
406
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Rome, commemoration of Saint Asella, virgin, who, as Saint Jerome writes, spent her life in fasting and prayer until advanced old age.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 6 December as a virgin who, as Saint Jerome writes, lived in fasting and prayer into old age.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 6 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1296256 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Asella (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.