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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
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Saint

Petronia (Petronilla)

Saint of Rome venerated in the Orthodox calendar, also known as Petronilla.

Feast
October 8old style October 21
Era
unknown

Life

Saint Petronia (Petronilla) lived in the first century and is commemorated in the Priest's Desk Handbook (Moscow, 1978) on 8 October in the old style, that is 21 October in the new style. The page gives no other news of her, and her name is not found in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Commemorated the same day October 8