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Potimiaena, a Martyr at Alexandria

Wace's Dictionary of Early Christian Biography

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Potimiaena (June 28), one of the most celebrated martyrs at Alexandria in the persecution of Severus, being a virgin distinguished alike for her beauty, chastity, and courage. Eusebius ( H. E. vi. 5) relates how she was cruelly tortured, and death finally inflicted by burning pitch poured slowly about her from feet to head. Her story is also given by Palladius ( Hist. Laus. 3).

[G.T.S.]

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Wace, Henry. Entry for 'Potimiaena, a Martyr at Alexandria'. A Dictionary of Early Christian Biography. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hwd/​p/potimiaena-a-martyr-at-alexandria.html. 1911.
 
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