Martyr
Emerita
A martyr of Rome, put to death for Christ around 259.
- Feast
- September 22old style October 5
- Reposed
- 2593rd century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Emerita is a martyr of Rome, put to death for Christ around 259. The sources at hand call her only a Roman martyr, venerated as a saint in the West.
No other details of her life survive. She is a saint of the undivided Church in the Western calendars.
Commemorated the same day September 22
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