Photina of Caesarea

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Photina of Caesarea was a holy virgin venerated in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches .

Their legend is linked to that of Saint Martinianus from Caesarea in Palestine . He is said to have withdrawn as a hermit on a desert island half-washed over by waves. When Photina was shipwrecked on this very island, the saint threw himself into the sea, because he would rather drown than endure the company of a beautiful woman. However, he was rescued by two dolphins who carried him ashore. Photina stayed on the island and continued the hermit existence of her predecessor.

She lived there alone for seven years and eventually died. A couple of fishermen, who had provided them with food and wool for spinning a few times a year, found her body and brought it to Caesarea, where their relics are said to have been kept.

Her feast day is February 13th.

literature

  • Agnes Baillie Cuninghame Dunbar: A Dictionary of Saintly Women. Bell, London 1904-1905, p. 66.
  • Photina (2) . In: Complete Lexicon of Saints. Volume 4. Augsburg 1875, p. 920, online .
  • Martinianus . In: Complete Lexicon of Saints. Volume 4. Augsburg 1875, pp. 268-269, online
personal data
SURNAME Photina of Caesarea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION holy virgin of the orthodox church
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century or 5th century
DATE OF DEATH 5th century or 6th century