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Belina (virgin)

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Died
  
1135Troyes, France

Name
  
Saint Belina

Feast
  
19 February


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Canonized
  
1203 by Pope Innocent III

Venerated in
  
Roman Catholic Church

Saint Belina (died 1135), was a Roman Catholic virgin martyr. A peasant girl from Troyes, France, she was threatened with rape by the feudal lord of the district. She refused his advances and died in defense of her virginity. She was canonized by Pope Innocent III in 1203.

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Belina (virgin) Wikipedia