Role Martyr Name Marciana Mauretania | Patronage invoked to cure wounds Feast January 9 | |
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Attributes represented as a maiden gored by a bull; sometimes depicted with a leopard and bull near her; martyr's palm Died 303 AD, Caesarea of Mauretania | ||
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church | ||
Marciana (died 303) is venerated as a martyr and saint. Her legend states that she was a virgin from Mauretania Caesariensis (now Algeria). During the persecutions of Christians by Roman Emperor Diocletian, she was accused of having smashed a statue of Diana. Marciana was thrown to the wild beasts in the amphitheatre of Caesarea. She was gored to death by a bull and mauled by a leopard.
Veneration
The Mozarabic office had a special hymn in her honor.
References
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