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Restituta
Saint and martyr
SaintResearchedAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 12 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
200
Died
304
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In Africa Proconsularis, in present-day Tunisia, commemoration of Saint Restituta, virgin and martyr.
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 17 May as a virgin and martyr of Africa Proconsularis.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 17 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1407613 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Restituta (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.