Nicea
martyr, saint
Who they were
Proculus and Nicea were two Christian martyrs. According to Jean Bolland and Camillo Tutini, they were martyred in 249 during the Decian persecutions; Proculus was a deacon (with the same name as the city's patron saint) and Nicea was his mother. According to tradition they are buried in Pozzuoli Cathedral, where they are venerated. They were painted in 1637 by Artemisia Gentileschi.
Summary of the Wikipedia article Proculus and Nicea, which covers Nicea with others (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Proculus Saint Child
- Wikidata Q54600562 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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