Domnina of Anazarbus

Saint Domnina, martyr, was a native of Cilicia, imprisoned at Anazarbus and beaten repeatedly by order of the Roman prefect Lysias, then burned with fire. She died in prison, according to one source in 286. She is venerated in the Catholic Church and in the Orthodox Church and commemorated on 12 October (25 October by the new calendar).

According to tradition, she was from Cilicia. The Serbian source says that she lived in the time of the emperor Diocletian. In the time of the persecution she was seized and brought to trial before Lysias, the governor of Anazarbus in Cilicia. She confessed boldly before him her faith in Christ as God. For this she was beaten first with ox sinews, and her feet were burned with red-⁠hot iron. Then her bones and joints were broken with sticks and at last she was thrown into prison, where she died.

One source says that the Roman Martyrologist must have used a corrupt manuscript in which Lysias was replaced by Lycia, and so places the martyrdom of Saint Domnina in that province.