Saint Valeria of Limoges

detail from the painting 'Miracolo di santa Valeria dinanzi a san Marziale', c.1630 by Giovanni Antonio Galli; Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy; swiped from Wikimedia Commons Memorial

9 December

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Daughter of an imperial Roman senator. Convert. Spiritual student of Saint Martial of Limoges. Betrothed in an arranged marriage, she said that she wanted to devote herself to God; her fiancee refused to believe it, assumed she had another lover, and killed her. Martyr. Possibly apocryphal.

Died