Martyr
Beata
A woman martyr of Gaul, slain for Christ around 273.
Life
Saint Beata (Benedicta) was the sister of Saints Augustine and Sanctian. All three were born in Spain but went to France and were martyred at Sens under the Emperor Aurelian, around the year 273.
She is commemorated on 29 June as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar. Our sources do not preserve the story of her martyrdom.
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