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Publia

At Antioch, of St. Publia,; abbess, who singing together with her religious that verse of the psalm, The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, and, Let them that make them become like unto them, as Julian the Apostate passed by, was by his command sorely…

Feast: 9 October

Martyrological notice

At Antioch, of St. Publia,; abbess, who singing together with her religious that verse of the psalm, The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, and, Let them that make them become like unto them, as Julian the Apostate passed by, was by his command sorely buffeted, and sharply checked.

Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness

Antiochiae sanctae Publiae Abbatissae, quae, transeunte Juliano Apostata, Davidicum illud cum suis Virginibus canens: "Simulacra Gentium argentum et aurum", et; "Similes illis fiant qui faciunt ea"; Imperatoris jussu, alapis caesa est, et graviter objurgata.

Martyrologium Romanum (Latin historical edition) · Language: Latin