Gorgonia
Life and witness
At Nazianzum, of St. Gorgonia, sister to St. Gregory surnamed the Divine, who himself has written her virtues and miracles.
The Lives Of The Saints: Volume 15, December · S. Gorgonia, Matr. at Naziansen ; circ. A.D. 371.
S. Gorgonia, Matr. at Naziansen ; circ. A.D. 371.
S. Cyprian, Ab. of Perigueux; circ. a.d. 581.
S. Budoc, B. of Dol in Brittany; -jtk cent.
S. Lesmo, H. at Glentamire in Scotland.
B. PETER Fourrier, P.C. at Gray near Besanpon; A. D. 164a
S. LEOCADIA, V.M.
(a.d. 303.)
[Usuardus, Ado, Notker, &c. Roman and Spanish Martyrologies. Authority : — The Acts of the Martyrdom, not ancient ]
. LEOCADIA is not mentioned by Prudentius of Saragossa (d. 405), who celebrated most of the Spanish saints. But it is certain that the fourth council of Toledo (a.d. 633) was held in a church dedicated to this saint ;3 so that in the seventh century she received veneration. The Acts, which are not very trust- worthy, say that she was of noble birth, and a native of Toledo. She was summoned before Dacian, governor of Spain under the emperors Diocletian and Maximian, and
1 Pretended to have been disciple of the Apostles; probably belongs to the |th cent.
* A fabulous personage known through the apocryphal Acts of S. Martial.
* Built by King Sisebut, who died 615.
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Biographical overview
Saint Gorgonia (Greek: Αγία Γοργονία; died c. 375) was the daughter of Saint Gregory the Elder and Saint Nonna. She is remembered as a saint in both the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church for her piety as a married woman. Her husband was named Alypius according to Epitaph. 24 by her brother Saint Gregory of Nazianzus in Greek anthology.
Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
Nazianzi, in Cappadocia, sanctae Gorgoniae, quae fuit beatae Nonnae filia, atque beatorum Gregorii Theologi et Caesarii soror, cujus ipse Gregorius virtutes et miracula conscripsit.