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Martyr

Vibiana

A virgin slain for Christ at Rome around 300.

Feast
September 1old style September 14
Reposed
3003rd century
Place
Rome
Order
Martyrs

Life

Vibiana is a virgin martyr of Rome, of the third century. Her relics were rediscovered on 9 December 1853 in the catacombs near the Appian Way; her tomb bore a marble tablet inscribed to the innocent and pure soul of Vibiana, with a laurel wreath, a sign of martyrdom.

Since 2002 her relics have been housed in the mausoleum of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. She is one of the patrons of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. She is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.

Her commemoration falls on 1 September (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 14 September of the civil calendar.

Commemorated the same day September 1