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Symphorosa (Italian: Sinforosa; died circa AD 138) is venerated as a saint of the Catholic Church. According to tradition, she was martyred with her seven sons at Tibur (present Tivoli , Lazio , Italy ) toward the end of the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian (117–38), [ 1 ] or during the reign of Trajan .
Baptized Maria Antonia Walpurgis Symphorosa, she was born at Nymphenburg Palace in Munich to Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria and Elector Karl Albert of Bavaria. Throughout her life she received an outstanding education, particularly in the arts; including that of painting and writing poetry, as well as music.
The relics of St. Symphorosa and her seven sons were transferred to the Church of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria at Rome by Pope Stephen II in 752. A sarcophagus was found here in 1610, bearing the inscription: Hic requiescunt corpora SS. Martyrum Simforosae, viri sui Zotici (Getulii) et Filiorum ejus a Stephano Papa translata.
The relics of his purported wife St. Symphorosa and their seven sons were transferred to the Church of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria at Rome by Pope Stephen II in 752. A sarcophagus was found here in 1610, bearing the inscription: Hic requiescunt corpora SS. Martyrum Simforosae, viri sui Zotici (Getulii) et Filiorum ejus a Stephano Papa translata
Symphorosa and her seven sons. According to the 16th-century Foxe's Book of Martyrs, Symphorosa was a widow with seven sons living in the age of emperor Trajan (98–117) or Hadrian (117–138). Refusing a command to pray at a heathen temple, Symphorosa was scourged, and then thrown in the river Aniene with a large stone fastened to her. The ...
Martyr Symphorosa of Tivoli near Rome, and her seven martyred sons:(c. 138) [8] [22] [23] [note 4] Crescens, Julian, Nemesius, Primitivus, Justin, Stacteus, and Eugene, under the Emperor Hadrian. Saint Marina of Orense ( Marina of Águas Santas ), a martyr in Orense in Spain (139) [ 22 ] [ note 5 ]
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Saint Primitivus, Roman Christian martyr, son of Symphorosa, died in 138 Saint Primitivus, Spanish Christian martyr, one of Facundus and Primitivus , died in 300 Animals