Martyr
Ulpia Candidia
A martyr, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
- Era
- 3rd century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Ulpia Candidia suffered, according to tradition, at the age of thirty-five, in the time of the emperor Diocletian.
Her body was found in the catacombs of Saint Agnes in Rome and was given to the town of Pozzaglia Sabina by Don Nicola Petrucci, in the time of Pope Clement XII. Since 1758 it has rested under the high altar of the parish church of Saint Nicholas. She is the patroness of the town of Pozzaglia Sabina, and her feast is kept on the first Tuesday after Trinity Sunday. She is honoured in the Catholic Church as a saint of the undivided Church, without synodal canonization.