Digna and Emerita
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- For the 9th century St. Digna, see Martyrs of Cordoba.
| Saints Digna and Emerita | |
|---|---|
| Died | 259 AD |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Major shrine | San Marcello al Corso |
| Feast | September 22 |
Saints Digna and Emerita (d. 259 AD) are venerated as saints by the Catholic Church. They were martyred at Rome.
Their feast day is celebrated on September 22.
Their relics are said to lie at the church of San Marcello al Corso, in Rome, although it is recorded that on April 5, 838, a monk named Felix appeared at Fulda with the remains of Saints Cornelius, Callistus, Agapitus, Georgius, Vincentius, Maximus, Cecilia, Eugenia, Digna, Emerita, and Columbana.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Patrick J. Geary, Furta Sacra: Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990), 48.
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