Soteris

Saint Soteris was a Christian virgin of Rome, put to death for her faith in Diocletian's persecution, around 304.

Tradition portrays her as a woman of great beauty, modestly dressed, who consecrated her virginity to Christ. She came of a noble family: Saint Ambrose of Milan says that he, his sister Marcellina and their brother Satyrus descended from her family, and he mentions her in his writings. The Roman Martyrology says that she set at naught the consulships and other dignities of her family for the love of Christ. When she refused to sacrifice to the gods she was for a long time cruelly beaten and passed through other torments; in the end she was struck with the sword and went joyfully to her heavenly Bridegroom.

Her relics were first placed in the catacombs of Callixtus on the Appian Way, where a basilica was dedicated to her, and later Pope Sergius II moved them to the church of San Martino ai Monti in Rome. She is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 10 February (new style), while the Catholic Church commemorates her on 11 February.