Epicharis (martyr)
Epicharis is the name of two Christian martyrs.
250[]
Her feast day is 9 January (the day of her martyrdom) in the Roman Catholic Church.[1]
Born in Africa, she was martyred in 250 with Felix, , , , and seven other companions. An Epictetus, a bishop, was recorded by St. Cyprian.
300[]
Said to be the wife of a Roman senator, she was martyred in Byzantium or Asia Minor in 300. Her feast day is September 27 in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches.[2]
Some sources give her as a lady of a senatorial family, who was scourged and then smitten with the sword in Rome in the persecution of Diocletian.[3]
References[]
- ^ Online, Catholic. "St. Epicharis - Saints & Angels". Catholic Online.
- ^ Online, Catholic. "St. Epicharis - Saints & Angels". Catholic Online.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
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Categories:
- 300 deaths
- 250 deaths
- 3rd-century Christian martyrs