Genibera

Saint Genibera is, according to tradition, a virgin and martyr who is said to have died on 1 November 130 in the region of Tui. Her story belongs to the legend of the nine sisters of Galicia and is legendary.

She is said to have been born at Baiona or Braga, in 119 or 120, as one of the nine daughters born at a single birth to Calsia, wife of the Roman governor of Gallaecia and Lusitania, Lucius Castelius Severus. Frightened, Calsia ordered her servant Sila to drown them secretly; Sila, a Christian, left them in the houses of well-⁠known families, who brought them up in the faith, and Bishop Ovidius of Braga baptized them. Later brought before their father as Christians, Genibera and her sisters (Liberata, Marina, Victoria, Germana, Quiteria, Euphemia, Marciana and Basilia) refused the promise of a life of abundance if they renounced Christ. They were imprisoned, managed to flee to different places, and were all at last put to death as martyrs.