Tags: Saint.

St. Charitina of Amisus (also known as Charitina of Rome) was a virgin from Asia Minor distinguished by strict chastity and piety. Charitina spent her life in fasting prayer and study. By her example she converted many to Christianity during the reign of Emperor Diocletian and was seized in the city of Amisus in Pontus. After torture death burial and desecration her body was thrown into the sea in the year 304.

Charitina_of_Amisus_(Menologion_of_Basil_II).jpg
birth date
0287-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
death date
0304-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
death place
Samsun
title
Virgin Martyr

Loading...

This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Charitina of Amisus"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.