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Saint Crispina

Saint Crispina; swiped off Santi e Beati Memorial

5 December

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Born a wealthy Roman citizen, she was a married lay woman, and mother of several children. Arrested for her Christianity during the persecutions of Diocletian. Tried, abused, humilitated and threatened in Thebeste (Thebessa) by Roman proconsul Anulinus, she gave a spirited defense of the faith. When she finished, she was sentenced to die. Marytr. Saint Augustine of Hippo routinely brought up Crispina in his homilies on martyrs.

Born

3rd century at Thagara (Tagora; Thacora), Numidia, North Africa (modern Tunisia)

beheaded in 304 at Thebeste, Numidia, North Africa (modern Tunisia)

Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia, by Gabriel Meier
Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
Roman Martyrology, 1914 edition

books
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Catholic Online

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

sites en français
- La fête des prénoms

fonti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati
- Wikiepda

MLA Citation

“Saint Crispina“. CatholicSaints.Info. 4 May 2020. Web. 19 April 2024. <>