Innocentia

Holy Martyr Innocentia of Rimini was born, according to the old tradition, between 285 and 288, and died between 303 and 305, a martyr in the fourth century, in the persecution of Diocletian. Very little is known of her; there is no direct evidence of her life. According to one tradition she may be the daughter of Severus of Ravenna and may have been beheaded at seventeen. Her veneration at Rimini is attested before the year 1000. If that identification is followed, she is shown on the lid of the sarcophagus of Severus in the church of Saint Severus at Erfurt, standing, crowned and praying, beside Severus and Vincentia. In iconography she usually bears the martyr's crown. She is commemorated on 16 September (new style).