Zoe of Rome

Saint Zoe of Rome

Saint Zoe
Martyr
Born Unknown
Died c.286
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized Pre-Congregation
Feast July 5 (Roman Catholic)
December 18 (Eastern Orthodox)

Saint Zoe of Rome (d. ca. 286) was a noblewoman, married to Nicostratus, a high Roman court official. For six years she had been unable to speak. St Sebastian made the Sign of the Cross over the woman, and she immediately began to speak and she glorified the Lord.[1] Nicostratus and his wife asked for Baptism.[2] She lived during Emperor Diocletian's early persecution of the Christian Church.[3]

She was greatly devoted to St Peter, and was praying by his tomb when she was arrested for her faith. She died, stifled by smoke, being hung over a fire. [4] Her body then was thrown into the River Tiber.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Martyr Sebastian at Rome, and his companions", Orthodox Church in America
  2. ↑ "Martyr Zoe at Rome", Orthodox Church in America
  3. ↑ http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2086
  4. ↑ Butler, Alban. The Lives or the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints, Vol.I


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