Amelia of Girona

Holy Martyr Amelia of Girona is one of the Christian martyrs put to death at Girona in Spain in the persecution of Diocletian, at the beginning of the 4th century (around 304). Nothing else is known of her life.

Her name appears in an old breviary of Girona, together with other martyrs, such as the Four Holy Martyrs (Germanus, Justus, Paulinus and Sicius) or Felix, who also died around 303-304. In 1336 Bishop Arnau de Montrodon found the relics of the martyrs and dedicated to them the chapel of the Holy Martyrs in the cathedral of Girona, where the tomb of the four now stands. The lack of data makes it impossible to say for certain that she even existed; yet the fact that no legend grew up around her makes it more believable that she was a real martyr. She is honored as a saint of the undivided Church.