Candida the Elder
Christian martyr
Feast: 4 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Candida the Elder (Italian: Candida la Vecchia) (died c. AD 78) was a legendary early Christian saint and resident of Naples, Italy, who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, with a feast day on 4 September. She is one of the patron saints of Naples.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q432813 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Candida the Elder (CC BY-SA)
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