Restituta of Sora

Holy Martyr Restituta of Sora was, according to tradition, a virgin of a noble Roman family, put to death at Sora in Campania around 275, in the time of the Emperor Aurelian. She had to flee Rome and took refuge at Sora, where an angel helped her escape the persecution.

Seized at Sora, she was tortured and imprisoned. Freed again by an angel, she was taken a second time. She was beheaded with several companions, among them a priest named Cyril. Her story is preserved in a Latin passio.

Her veneration is lively at Sora, where a church is dedicated to her, and in other places of the region, at Carnello and at Morrea. She is commemorated on 27 May, by the Western calendar (new style), as a saint of the undivided Church.