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Icons of St. Priscilla
(Prisca), Martyr of Old Rome.
Feast: Jan. 18 (Western rite:
Jan. 16)
Wife of Mancius Aeilius
Glabrio, St. Priscilla was executed by the emperor Domitian, a
persecutor of Christians. She was the mother of St. Pudens, the senator
of Rome, also a martyr, and her home on the Via Salaria was used by the
Apostle Peter as his headquarters in Rome. The catacomb of Priscilla is
named after her. She is also known as St. Prisca. Holy Martyr
Priscilla, pray to God for us!
Upper icon is by an unknown
hand. Lower icon also of unknown provenance.
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