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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Saint

Vincenca

Saint named in the old calendars; the sources preserve few details about her.

Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.

Era
3rd century

Life

Vincenca (Sveta Vincenca) was, by tradition, a young girl of Rome in the third century, tortured and put to death for the Christian faith before the age of seventeen. Her body was buried in the cemetery on the Via Portuense. In 1795, with the blessing of Pope Pius VI, her relics were brought to Blato on the island of Korčula (Croatia), to the church of All Saints, where a chapel and a rich tomb were built. Since then she has been patron of the town. She is remembered on 28 April, with sword dances.