Columba of Sens
saintly virgin associated with Sens in France and a fountain named d'Azon
Feast: 31 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Columba suffered towards the end of the third century, probably under Aurelian, and is said to have been beheaded near a spring called d'Azon. Tradition says a man named Aubertus buried her in thanksgiving for the restoring of his sight when he called on her.
A chapel was built over her relics, and later the Abbey of Sens, a place of pilgrimage in her honour. Her history is somewhat legendary.
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
A virgin martyr of the early Church in Gaul.
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - St. Columba of Sens
- Wikidata Q448171 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Columba of Sens (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.