List of Sts. Eusebia
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People known as St. Eusebia include:
- St. Eusebia (Late 3rd century) A virgin-martyr in Bergamo, Italy and niece of St Domnio, martyred under Maximian Herculeus. Feast day: October 29
- the baptismal name of the 5th century AD Saint Xenia the Righteous of Rome (Orthodox saint), Feast day: January 24
- St. Eusebia (died ca. 680). Abbess at Hamay-les-Marchiennes near Arras, France, Feast day: March 16. She was the daughter of Merovingian abbess St. Rictrude and the Frankish nobleman Adalbald.[1]
- St. Eusebia (died ca. 731). Benedictine abbess of a convent in Marseilles, France. She was martyred with the forty nuns of her community by the Saracens at Saint-Cyr, France. Feast day: September 20
Another Eusebia who was beatified under another name is Blessed Teresa of the Child Jesus (birth name: Eusebia Garcia y Garcia) (1909-1936) - Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun, martyr; beatified 1987.[2][3]
[edit] References
- ^ Hucbald. "Rictrude, Abbess of Marchiennes (ca. 614-688)." Sainted Women of the Dark Ages. Ed. and trans. by Jo Ann McNamara and John E. Halborg. Durham: Duke University Press, 1992. 195-219. Trans. of Vita sanctae Rictrudis, Acta Sanctorum, May 12, 78-98.
- ^ Blesseds Beatified by John Paul II - 1987-1988
- ^ Holbock, Ferdinand. New Saints and Blesseds of the Catholic Church. v2. tr. Michael J. Miller. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, c2000. 156-157.
