SAINT
saint-julia-of-corsica
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Julia of Corsica, also known as Julia of Carthage, and more rarely Julia of Nonza, was a virgin and martyr who is venerated as a saint. Her death occurred most probably in AD 439 or thereafter. She and Devota are the patron saints of Corsica in the Catholic Church. Julia was declared a patroness of Corsica by the church on 5 August 1809; Devota, on 14 March 1820. Both were martyred in pre-Christian Corsica under Roman rule. Julia's feast day is 23 May in the Western liturgical calendar and 16 July in the East.
feast Day
05-22
patronages
- Corsica
- Livorno
- torture victims
- pathologies of the hands
- the feet
canonization Status
canonized
feast Month
5
feast Day Of Month
22

