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<p> is the name of two [[Christian]] saints: </p> <p> 1. A martyr in [[Sicily]] under Diocletian, commemorated June 15. </p> <p> 2. A virgin, whose tumulus was near Paris, in a place where a stone bears the inscription: "Hic Requiescit [[Crescentia]] Sacrata Deo Puella;" but nothing more is known of her. She is commemorated August 19. See [[Gregory]] of Tours, De Gloria Conzess. cap. 105. in Migne's Patrol. Lat. 71:904. </p> | Crescentia <ref name="term_35352" /> | ||
==References == | <p> is the name of two [[Christian]] saints: </p> <p> '''1.''' A martyr in [[Sicily]] under Diocletian, commemorated June 15. </p> <p> '''2.''' A virgin, whose tumulus was near Paris, in a place where a stone bears the inscription: "Hic Requiescit [[Crescentia]] Sacrata Deo Puella;" but nothing more is known of her. She is commemorated August 19. See [[Gregory]] of Tours, ''De Gloria Conzess.'' cap. 105. in Migne's ''Patrol. Lat.'' 71:904. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:04, 15 October 2021
Crescentia [1]
is the name of two Christian saints:
1. A martyr in Sicily under Diocletian, commemorated June 15.
2. A virgin, whose tumulus was near Paris, in a place where a stone bears the inscription: "Hic Requiescit Crescentia Sacrata Deo Puella;" but nothing more is known of her. She is commemorated August 19. See Gregory of Tours, De Gloria Conzess. cap. 105. in Migne's Patrol. Lat. 71:904.
