Emerentiana

Emerentiana

Infobox Saint
name=Saint Emerentiana
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death_date=c. 304
feast_day=January 23
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death_place=Rome
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attributes=stones, lillies
patronage=stomach problems
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Saint Emerentiana was a Roman martyr, who lived in the 3rd century.

According to Christian hagiography, Emerentiana's mother was the wet nurse and nanny of Saint Agnes, a rich Roman heiress who was martyred after refusing her engagement due to her Christian religion. Emerentiana herself was a catechumen, still learning about Christianity before being officially baptized.

A few days after Agnes' death, Emerentiana was caught praying by her tomb; upset upon the death of her best friend and foster sister, she claimed that she was a Christian as well and belittled the pagans who had killed Agnes, and was stoned to death by the crowd.

Her feast day is 23 january, and she is represented as a young girl who either has stones in her lap and lillies in her hand, or is being stoned to death by a mob.

Popular culture

Emerentiana had a tiny cameo in Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman's "Fabiola", where she is seen mourning for Agnes right after the latter's martyrdom.

External links

*Catholic Encyclopedia [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05401b.htm entry on St. Emerentiana]
* [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainte64.htm Patron saint index]


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