Canonized Pre-congregation Died 249 AD, Rome, Italy Name Cyriaca Cyriaca | ||
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church Feast 21 August Roman Catholic
19 May Eastern Orthodox | ||
Major shrine Santa Maria in Domnica | ||
Cyriaca, also known as Dominica, was a Roman widow, and patroness to St. Lawrence, and eventually suffered martyrdom. St. Lawrence used her home in Rome to give food to the poor. Cyriaca suffered martyrdom, by being scourged to death for her faith.
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