Innocentia

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Innocentia (* between 285 and 288 ; † between 303 and 305 ; sometimes with the nickname of Rimini ) is according to early Christian representation a martyr from the 4th century . Her feast day is September 16 . There is no evidence of her life.

Life

Little is known about her life. According to tradition, she may be identical to the daughter of Severus of Ravenna . She could have been beheaded at the age of 17 during the persecution of Christians under Diocletian . The veneration of the saints can be proven in Rimini before the year 1000.

In Christian iconography , Innocentia is usually represented with a martyr's crown. If one follows the identity with the daughter of Severus, she is also shown on the cover plate of the sarcophagus of Severus in the Severikirche in Erfurt . There she stands, crowned and praying, next to Severus and Vincentia .

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  1. ^ A b Lexicon of Christian Iconography LCI. Vol. 6, p. 587
  2. ↑ so also: Stadler's Complete Lexicon of Saints Severus of Ravenna
personal data
SURNAME Innocentia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION early Christian martyr and saint
DATE OF BIRTH between 285 and 288
DATE OF DEATH between 303 and 305