Communio Sanctorum

Dympna

In Brabant, of St. Dympna, virgin and martyr, daughter to a king of Ireland, who for the faith of Christ, and preserving of her virginity, was by her own father's command beheaded.

Feast: 15 May

Martyrological notice

In Brabant, of St. Dympna, virgin and martyr, daughter to a king of Ireland, who for the faith of Christ, and preserving of her virginity, was by her own father's command beheaded.

Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness

Ghelae, in Brabantia, sanctae Dympnae, Virginis et Martyris, filiae Regis Hibernorum; quae, cum in fide Christi et virginitate servanda permaneret immobilis, a patre jussa est decollari.

Martyrologium Romanum (Latin historical edition) · Language: Latin