Saints of the day february 16

Saint Juliana of Nicodemia (s. IV)

Converted to Christianity, was noted by her enthusiasm and ardor in the dissemination of the faith, so she was imprisoned, tortured and finally decapitated the year 305. Her body was transferred to Cumae, in Italy, and afterwards her relics arrived in Spain, where in her honor the counts of Castile raised the famous monastery of Sainttillana (Saint Ileana), one of the best monuments of the middle ages Spanish

Celebrate today: Juliana.

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Blessed Philippa Mareri (s. XIII)
Blessed Nicolas Paglia (s. XIII)

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Saint Maruta (s. V)

In the Kingdom of the Persians, saint Maruta, Bishop, who, with the establishment of the peace of the Church, presided at the Council of Seleucia, repaired churches destroyed during the persecution under King Shapur and placed the relics of the martyrs of Persia in the episcopal city, who received the name of Martiropolis (before 420) on that occasion.

Blessed Giuseppe Allamano (s. XX)