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Crescentia

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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is the name of two Christian saints:

1. A martyr in Sicily under Diocletian, commemorated June 15.

2. A virgin, whose tumulus was near Paris, in a place where a stone bears the inscription: "Hic Requiescit Crescentia Sacrata Deo Puella;" but nothing more is known of her. She is commemorated August 19. See Gregory of Tours, De Gloria Conzess. cap. 105. in Migne's Patrol. Lat. 71:904.

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Crescentia'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/crescentia.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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