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Euphemia

Christian virgin and martyr saint

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 16 September (1962 Missal, commemoration) · not on the current Roman calendar

Born
289
Died
304
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Euphemia (Greek: Εὐφημία; 'well-spoken [of]'), also known as the Great martyr Euphemia the All-praised in the Eastern Orthodox Church, was a virgin martyr, who died for her faith at Chalcedon in 303 AD.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

Limited information available on this saint.

Sources
  • Wikidata Q240610 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Euphemia (CC BY-SA)

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