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Epicharis (martyr)

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Epicharis is the name of two Christian martyrs.

250

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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, Jucundus, Secundus, Vitalis, and seven other companions. An Epictetus, a bishop, was recorded by St. Cyprian.

300

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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

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  1. ^ Online, Catholic. "St. Epicharis - Saints & Angels". Catholic Online.
  2. ^ Online, Catholic. "St. Epicharis - Saints & Angels". Catholic Online.
  3. ^ "The Roman Martyrology - September 27". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-07-22.