Martyr
Tanca
A virgin of the region of Troyes, slain for defending her chastity around 637.
- Feast
- October 10old style October 23
- Reposed
- 6377th century
- Place
- Troyes
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Saint Tanca was a young girl of the region of Troyes in France, martyred around 637 while defending her virginity. She is commemorated on 10 October, as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar. Our sources preserve no further details of her life.
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