Cornelia (saint)

Cornelia , also Kornelia , was an early church martyr . According to tradition, she lived in Tunis, North Africa . She suffered martyrdom at the time of the persecution of Christians around the year 300, together with Anesius, Felix, Theodulus, Portus, Abdas and Valeria in Carthage or Tunis. Cornelia and her companions are mentioned in the Martyrologium Romanum . In the Catholic Church they are venerated as saints .

The feast day of St. Cornelia and her companions in the liturgy is March 31st. In Christian iconography , Cornelia is represented with the attribute of the martyr's palm .

In St. Malo in Brittany , some relics of St. Cornelia are located.

literature

Ekkart Sauser : Cornelia. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 16, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-079-4 , Sp. 325-326. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Cornelia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kornelia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Martyr and saint
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tunis
DATE OF DEATH	at 300
Place of death	Carthage