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St. Petronilla
May 31, Saint


Source: catholicsaints.info



 

Born:
1st century 

Short Biography:

For centuries legend said she was the daughter of Saint Peter, and that she was so beautiful that he had locked her in a tower to keep her from eligible men, but none of that is true. She may have been related to Peter, a servant, a co-worker, one of his converts, his “spiritual daughter”, or the tradition may have started because of the similarities of the names. May have been related to Saint Flavia Domitilla of Terracina. Cured of palsy by Saint Peter. One story says she refused a marriage offer by a pagan king named Flaccus; when he pressed his case, she went on a hunger strike, and died three days later. Old inscriptions, however, list her as a martyr in the more common murdered-for-the-faith form.

Died:
1st century
relics in Saint Peter’s cathedral, Rome, Italy



Patronage:

  • against fever
  • dauphins of France
  • mountain travellers
  • treaties between Popes and Frankish emperors

Representation:

  • being healed by Saint Peter the Apostle
  • early Christian maiden with a broom
  • lying dead but incorrupt in her coffin with flowers in her hair as the coffin is opened during renovations
  • receiving the newly dead into heaven
  • set of keys
  • spurning a marriage proposal, represented by a ring, being offered by a king
  • standing with Saint Peter
  • woman holding a set of keys








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