Agrippina of Mineo

Saint Agrippina of Mineo
Died 262
Feast June 23 (Orthodox Church)
Attributes palm of martyrdom
Patronage Mineo; invoked against evil spirits, leprosy, thunderstorms, bacteria diseases, and bacterial infections

Agrippina of Mineo, also known as Saint Agrippina (flourished 3rd century, died 262) was venerated as a virgin martyr in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Christianity.

Legend

Her legend states that she was a blonde princess born of a noble Roman family, and that she was martyred during the reign of Roman Emperors Valerian.[1] She was either beheaded or scourged to death.[2]

Her body was said to have been taken to Mineo, Sicily, by three devout Christian women named Bassa, Paula,[3] and Agatonica.[2] Alban Butler says that the reputed acts in the Greek Menaia are quite unreliable and no evidence is forthcoming of any cultus of early date.[2]

Veneration

Saint Agrippina is greatly honored in Sicily and, to a lesser degree, in Greece, where it was claimed that her relics were translated from Sicily to Constantinople. Her tomb became a popular pilgrimage destination, and she was invoked as a patron saint against evil spirits, leprosy, and thunderstorm.[1]

Her feast day is no longer celebrated in the Catholic Church, however it is celebrated in the Orthodox Church on June 23.

There are two Catholic Churches named after Saint Agrippina. One church called Church of Saint Agrippina is located in Mineo and the other church Chapel of Saint Agrippina di Mineo is located in Boston. Immigrants from Mineo to Boston's North End have celebrated their patron saint for over 100 years on the first week of August.

References

  1. 1 2 "Saint Agrippina di Mineo", Benefit Society of Boston
  2. 1 2 3 Butler, Alban. Lives of the Saints
  3. ↑ Monks of Ramsgate. “Agrippina”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 13 May 2012
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