4th c. Convert. Martyr. Tortured and stoned to death for refusing to participate in a pagan festival.
More information about St. Theodota:
St. Theodota – Butler’s Lives of the Saints at Bartleby.com
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St. Wenceslaus
Saint Wenceslaus
10th c. King and patron saint of Bohemia. Raised by his grandmother, St. Ludmilla. Assasinated.
More information on St. Wenceslaus:
St. Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia – Wikipedia
Sts. Adolphus and John
9th c. Martyrs of Cordoba. Brothers. Killed in persecutions conducted by Caliph Abdal-Rahman II.
More information on the Martyrs of Cordoba:
St. Noel
Saint Noel Chabanel
17th c. French Jesuit. Missionary to the Huron Indians. Murdered by an apostate Indian.
More information about St. Noel:
St. Noel – Catholic Encyclopedia
St. Noel – Wyandot Nation of Kansas
St. Thomas Dien
Martyrs of Vietnam
Native of Vietnam. Martyred before he could complete his seminary studies. Flogged. Strangled to death.
More information on St. Thomas Dien
St. Thomas Dien – Catholic Online
Martyrs of Vietnam – Catholic Online
Roman Catholicism in Vietnam – Wikipedia
St. Candida
4th c. Virgin of Carthage. Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Maximian. One of many St. Candidas.
There are many saints of which there is very little known about their lives other than a few facts of their martyrdom or piety. And yet as saints one of the sure things they can show us is that their apparent insignificance here on earth compares as nothing to their reward in heaven.
More information about St. Candida:
Sts. Emilas & Jeremiah
Coat of Arms - Cordoba, Spain
9th c. Martyrs of Cordoba, Spain. Beheaded under Caliph Abd-al-Rahman II . Emilas was a deacon.
More information on Sts. Emilas & Jeremiah and the Martyrs of Cordoba:
St. Autonomous
4th c. Italian bishop. Martyred during the persecution instituted by Emperor Diocletian.
More information on St. Autonomous:
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