Born into nobility, was possibly a princess, excelled in her education, becoming a gifted student.
Had a powerful vision as a teen of the virgin Mary and Jesus which influenced her becoming Christian.
Alexandria’s emperor Maxentius wanted her to renounce her faith, having her debate 50 pagan orators (some of whom she converted to Christianity). But since she won and would not give in, Maxentius had her tortured and imprisoned.
Refusing his proposal to marry him, stating her unceasing commitment to God, she died a martyr.
Manage Cookie Consent
We use cookies on our website to provide functionality, enable personalization and understand our website analytics.
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
