Lucina
Life and witness
At Rome, of St. Lucina, disciple of the apostles, who with her goods relieved the necessities of the saints, visited the Christians that were in prison, and buried the martyrs, and was buried in a cave near unto the said martyrs, which herself had made.
Biographical overview
Lucina may refer to: 146 Lucina, a main belt asteroid Lucina (mythology), the goddess of childbirth in Roman mythology Saint Lucina, 1st-century Christian Crypt of Lucina, part of the catacombs of Rome Lucina C. Broadwell (1889-1919), U.S. murder victim Lucina, several genus names in zoology: Lucina (bivalve), a clam genus in family Lucinidae, established by Bruguière in 1797 Lucina, a brush-footed butterfly genus invalidly established by Rafinesque in 1815; nowadays Melitaea Lucina, a marsh fly genus invalidly established by Meigen in 1830, nowadays Salticella Lucina, a cricket genus invalidly established by Walker in 1869, nowadays Phalangopsis Hamearis lucina, a butterfly Lucina (Fire Emblem), a character from the video game Fire Emblem Awakening also featured in the Super Smash Bros. series Lucina (typeface), a foundry type made by Ludwig & Mayer.
Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
Romae sanctae Lucinae, Apostolorum discipulae, quae, de facultatibus suis communicans Sanctorum necessitatibus, Christianos in carcere detentos visitabat, ac sepulturae Martyrum inserviebat; juxta quos et ipsa, in crypta a se constructa, sepulta est.