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Susanna of Rome (fl. 3rd century) was a Christian martyr of the Diocletianic Persecution. Her existing hagiography, written between about 450 and 500 AD, is of no historical value and the relations it attributes to Susanna are entirely fictitious. [1] It is probable that a real martyr named Susanna lies behind the literary invention. [2] [3] [4]
Susanna the Deaconess (Ancient Greek: Σωσάννα ἡ διακόνισσα) is a deaconess, cross-dressing saint and martyr who supposedly lived in Palestine in the 4th century. According to her hagiographies , she chose to devote herself entirely to the Christian faith by cross-dressing as a man and joining a male monastery under the name ...
The Eastern Orthodox Church include Susanna in the List of Myrrhbearers the female disciples of Jesus who came to his tomb to anoint his body with myrrh oils but found the tomb empty. [4] Although Susanna is not included in the Old and Revised Roman Martyrology. She is still venerated as a Saint by the Eastern Rites of the Catholic Church.
Saints Tiburtius and Susanna are two Catholic saints that are otherwise unrelated but venerated on the same day: Saint Susanna ( fl. 3rd century), a Christian martyr of the Diocletianic persecution Saint Tiburtius (died c. 286), a Christian martyr
Entombed in the church are five early church martyrs and saints: Susanna, her father Gabinus, Felicitas of Rome, Pope Eleuterus, and Genesius of Rome. The commemoration of Saint Susanna has long been linked in the Roman calendar with Saint Tiburtius, 11 August. Among the previous cardinal priests of Santa Susanna was Pope Nicholas V (1446).
Susanna and the Elders by Artemisia Gentileschi. Susanna (/ s u ˈ z æ n ə /; Hebrew: שׁוֹשַׁנָּה, Modern: Šōšanna, Tiberian: Šōšannā: "lily"), also called Susanna and the Elders, is a narrative included in the Book of Daniel (as chapter 13) by the Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
The inscription on the marker reads: "Here stood the house of Susanna Martin, An honest, hardworking, Christian woman accused as a witch, tried, and executed at Salem, July 19, 1692. A martyr of superstition. T.I.A. 1894." [6] [7] In the 19th century, poet John Greenleaf Whittier composed "The Witch's Daughter" about Martin:
The Saint Susanna is a marble sculpture by François Duquesnoy. The work is one of four sculptures of Roman virgin martyrs commissioned by the Bakers' Guild to decorate the church of Santa Maria di Loreto in Rome .