Saint Dominica of Campania
Also known as
- Dominica of Tropea
- Ciriaca of…
Profile
Daughter of Doroteo and Arsenia. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian for destroying pagan idols.
Born
- she was thrown to wild animals, but they would not harm her
- beheaded 6 July 303 in Nicomedia, Bithynia (in modern Turkey)
- relics interred in Vizzini, Italy
- relics enshrined in the cathedral in Tropea, Calabria, Italy
- Pre-Congregation
- the Sacred Congregation of Rites granted a special Mass in her hnour to Tropea, Calabria, Italy on 14 May 1672
- Camaldoli, Italy
- Caraffa di Catanzaro, Italy
- Mandanici, Italy
- Scorrano, Italy
- Torre di Ruggiero, Italy
- Tremestieri, Italy
- Tropea, Italy
MLA Citation
- “Saint Dominica of Campania“. CatholicSaints.Info. 5 July 2017. Web. 11 December 2018. <>