Domnina of Anazarbus explained

Saint Domnina of Anazarbus
Death Date:286 AD
Feast Day:October 12
Venerated In:Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Death Place:Anazarbus, Asia Minor
(modern-day Aǧaçli, Adana, Turkey)
Titles:Martyr

Saint Domnina (Greek: Δομνίνα) is venerated as a Christian martyr by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.[1] According to tradition, she was a native of Cilicia who was imprisoned at Anazarbus and repeatedly beaten on the order of the Roman prefect Lysias (or Licius).[1] She was then burned with fire.[1] She died in prison.[1]

According to one source, “The Roman Martyrologist must have used a corrupt manuscript in which Lycia was substituted for Lysias, as he places St. Domnina’s martyrdom in the Province of that name.”[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: St. Domnina of Anazarbus. September 2000. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America . May 19, 2009.
  2. Benedictine Monks, Book of the Saints (Published by Kessinger Publishing, 2003), 84.