Engratia
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Engratia (, ) is venerated as a virgin martyr and saint. Tradition states that she was martyred with eighteen companions in 303 AD.
Key facts
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Engratia
- Saint.death_date
- ~303 AD
- Saint.feast_day
- April 16
- Saint.venerated_in
- Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
- Saint.image
- Flagelación de Santa Engracia.jpg
- Saint.imagesize
- 240px
- Saint.caption
- The flagellation of Saint Engratia. Bartolomé Bermejo, 1474-1478.
- Saint.birth_place
- Braga, Portugal
- Saint.death_place
- Zaragoza, Spain
- Saint.titles
- Virgin and martyr
- Saint.canonized_date
- Pre-congregation
- Saint.major_shrine
- Zaragoza
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Bracara Augusta
- Place of death
- Caesaraugusta
- Languages spoken
- Classical Latin
- Image
- Zaragoza - El Pilar - Santa Engracia.jpg
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- Commons category
- Saint Engratia
- feast day
- April 16
- canonization status
- Catholic saint
- date of death
- 0303-00-00
- date of birth
- 0201-00-00
- time period
- Roman Empire
- cause of death
- flaying
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- name in native language
- Engratia
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Martyrs of Zaragoza
- Veneration
- Gallery
- References
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Engratia (, ) is venerated as a virgin martyr and saint. Tradition states that she was martyred with eighteen companions in 303 AD.
==History== Although her martyrdom is traditionally placed around 303 during the Diocletianic Persecution, more recently it is considered probable that she died during the persecution of Valerian (254-260).
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