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Icon of St. Beatrice, Martyr
of Old Rome
Feast: July 29
After her brothers Sts.
Simplicius and Faustinus were martyred during the persecution of
Diocletian, St. Beatrice recovered their holy bodies from the Tiber
river and buried them on the road to Porto. Shortly thereafter, she was
denounced as a Christian by her neighbour, Lucretius, and when she
refused to sacrifice to the demon gods, she was strangled for her faith
on May 11.
Icon is by the hand of Mother
Justina, Greek Old Calendarist convent of St. Elizabeth, Etna,
California, with permission.
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