Cyriaca

Cyriaca, also called Dominica, was a wealthy widow of Rome who sheltered persecuted Christians. She received the crown of martyrdom around the year 249. The church of Santa Maria in Dominica in Rome recalls her. She is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.

Her commemoration falls on 21 August (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 3 September of the civil calendar.