Veneria

Holy Martyr Veneria suffered at Catania in Sicily in the year 304, in the persecution of Diocletian, according to Christian tradition. The Hieronymian Martyrology says that with Saint Euplus the maidens Veneria and Nericia of Catania were martyred. In other martyrologies Veneria is called Veracia. The authors of the acts of Saint Euplus do not mention the two martyrs, so one doubts that they suffered together with him. According to some historians Euplus had two interrogations, on 29 April 304 and on 12 August of the same year; hence the most accepted hypothesis is that the two maidens probably suffered on 29 April 304, not on 12 August. She is venerated in the Catholic Church, as a saint of the undivided Church.