Domnina, Berenice, and Prosdoce

Saints Domnina, Berenice, and Prosdoce
Martyrs
Died	310 AD Syria
Honored in	Roman Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast	October 4

Saint Domnina and her daughters Berenice (Bernice, Veronica, Verine, Vernike) and Prosdoce are venerated as Christian martyrs by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.^[1]

According to Eusebius, Domnina was a Christian noblewoman from Antioch who had two young daughters.^[2] According to one account, Domnina and her daughters settled at Edessa, Mesopotamia.^[3] Her husband was a pagan.^[3]

Domnina was arrested by soldiers for her adherence to the Christian religion.^[2] Fearing that the soldiers would rape her and her daughters, they threw themselves into a river after they asked their guards for a chance to rest for a while^[2] or after the soldiers had become drunk with wine.^[3] All three women drowned.^[2]

The account of St. John Chrysostom tells a slightly different story: according to Chrysostom, Domnina, after jumping into the river, pulled her daughters in with her to prevent them from being raped.^[3] Chrysostom praised Domnina for her courage and Domnina’s daughters for their obedience.^[3]

References

1. ^ "St. Domnina". Catholic Online. ?. http://www.catholiconline.com/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2957. Retrieved May 19, 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Eusebius; Paul Halsall (ed.) (Feb 1996). "Medieval Sourcebook: Eusebius: The Martyrdom of St. Domnina and Her Two Daughters". Internet Medieval Source Book. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/euseb-domnina.html. Retrieved May 19, 2009. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} "St. Domnina". Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. ?. http://www.antiochian.org/node/16768. Retrieved May 19, 2009. 

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Name	Domnina, Berenice, And Prosdoce
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Date of death	310
Place of death	Syria