Soteris
Soteris was a Roman martyr-saint, who was put to death for her faith in the early 4th century.[1]
She was supposedly a woman of very great beauty who dressed modestly and gave her virginity to Christ.[1] She was arrested on account of her faith, and underwent torture, before being finally beheaded, perhaps around 304 AD.[2][3][4]
Ambrose of Milan claimed to descend from her family and wrote about her.[2] Her feast day is on February 11.
Her remains were buried in a cemetery created by Pope Callixtus I in the 3rd century along the Appian way as it approached Rome, which also contained the remains of St Cecilia and many other martyrs.[5] In the same region was dedicated a basilica to Saint Soteris.[6]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Butler, Alban (1866). The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. J. Duffy. pp. 103–104.
- ^ Jump up to: a b St. Soteris retrieved August 19th 2018
- ^ St. Soteris, virgin and martyrR retrieved August 19th 2018
- ^ Saint Soteris retrieved August 19th 2018
- ^ Andrew Ekonomou. Byzantine Rome and the Greek Popes. Lexington books, 2007
- ^ Tuker, Mildred Anna Rosalie; Malleson, Hope (1900). The Christian monuments of Rome. A. and C. Black. p. 345.
Categories:
- 304 deaths
- Deaths by decapitation
- Ante-Nicene Christian martyrs