Cyriaca

Saint Cyriaca
Martyr
Born	Rome, Roman Empire
Died	249
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church[1]
Canonized	Pre-congregation
Major shrine	Santa Maria in Domnica, Rome, Italy
Feast	21 August Roman Catholic 19 May Eastern Orthodox[1]

Cyriaca, also known as Dominica, was a Roman widow, and patroness to St. Lawrence, and eventually suffered martyrdom. St. Lawrence, used her home in Rome, to give food to the poor. Cyriaca suffered martyrdom, through flagellation.^[2]

References

1. (Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Κυριακὴ ἡ Μάρτυς καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῇ. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
2. St. Cyriaca Catholic Online