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Saint Christina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint Christina or Christine can refer to several saints: •Saint Christina of Persia, 6th century (feast day: March 13) •Saint Christina of Bolsena ( Christina of Tyre, Christina the Great Martyr ...
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Christina of Bolsena - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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or (3) with a wheel and palm (easily confused with Saint Catherine of Alexandria, but she is not crowned and her wheel has no spikes) (Roeder). Christina is venerated at Liège and Trond (Roeder). Some of these emblems seem more appropriate for Christina of Tyre;
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Patron Saint Index profile of Saint Christina of Bolsena ... Martyred for her new faith. Her story and that of Saint Christina of Tyre seem to have been confused and combined in rewrites through the ages.
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Vigil of Saint James, Apostle ... an examination of her relics showed that she was scarcely more than fourteen years of age at the time of her death. On this day the Greeks celebrate another St. Christina, martyr of Tyre. The Greeks salute her as a "stainless bride wounded by arrows."
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St Christina lived in the third century, when paganism was still very prevalent. She grew up in the city of Tyre. Her parents were pagan, and her father Urban was the governor.
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