Holy Martyrs
Donata and Companions
Martyrs of Italy.
- Feast
- December 31old style January 13
- Era
- 2nd century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyrs Donata and Companions (Donata, Paulina, Rustica, Nominanda, Serotina, Hilaria and others) were a group of Roman women put to death for the faith in one of the early persecutions. Their relics were enshrined in the catacombs of the Via Salaria. They are saints of the undivided Church, remembered on 31 December in the Western calendar (new style).
Commemorated the same day December 31
Theophylact of OhridSaint · Archbishop of OhridDec 31- Marius of AvenchesSaint · Bishop of AvenchesDec 31
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Melania the YoungerVenerable · Ascetic of RomeDec 31
Columba of SensMartyrDec 31.jpg)
Dositej VasićConfessor · Metropolitan of ZagrebDec 31- Sabiana of SamtskheVenerable · Abbess in SamtskheDec 31
- Gelasius of NilopolisVenerable · Abbot in EgyptDec 31
- Hermes of BononiaSaint · Exorcist of BononiaDec 31
- Michael BerezinHieromartyr · PriestDec 31
Barbatian of RavennaVenerableDec 31- Cyriacus of BisericaniVenerableDec 31
- Cyriacus of TazlauVenerableDec 31