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Martyr

Tertulla

Martyr of Cirta

A martyr at Cirta, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.

Feast
April 29old style May 12
Era
3rd century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Tertulla was a Roman woman of Cirta in Africa, martyred in the persecution of Valerian, in the year 259.

The sources keep only this about her. The old martyrologies commemorate her on 29 April and 4 May in the Western calendar. She is a saint of the undivided Church, honoured without synodal canonization.

Commemorated the same day April 29