My user name is after St Emerentiana. I chose the name after being in an endless discussion with a Feenyite friend ver babtism of blood and desire.
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Saint Emerentiana
Died c. 304
Rome
Feast January 23
Attributes stones, lillies
Patronage stomach problems
Saint Emerentiana was a Roman martyr, who lived in the 3rd century.
According to Christian hagiography, Emerentiana's mother was the wet nurse and nanny of Saint Agnes, a rich Roman heiress who was martyred after refusing her engagement due to her Christian religion. Emerentiana herself was a catechumen, still learning about Christianity before being officially baptized. Catholics believe martyrs are "baptized by blood," and otherwise go to heaven.
A few days after Agnes' death, Emerentiana was caught praying by her tomb; upset upon the death of her best friend and foster sister, she claimed that she was a Christian as well and belittled the pagans who had killed Agnes, and was stoned to death by the crowd.
Her feast day is 23 January, and she is represented as a young girl who either has stones in her lap and lillies in her hand, or is being stoned to death by a mob. Her tomb is at the Church of Saint Agnese in Rome.