Agrippina

Holy Martyr Agrippina.

The Holy Martyr Agrippina was a Christian maiden of Rome who suffered for Christ in the third century. Raised in piety, she adorned herself not with gold but with chastity and prayer, and when persecution came she confessed the Lord openly and died under torture rather than deny Him.

Her holy relics were carried by devout women to Sicily, where her veneration flourished from ancient times and many miracles were ascribed to her intercession. She is commemorated on June 23.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Agrippina is commemorated on June 23. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on July 6 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

People with these names keep their name day on this feast:

Agrippina, Agrippini

Also commemorated on June 23

• Aristocles, Demetrian and Athanasius, Martyrs of Cyprus

  Martyr, Αριστοκλής, Δημητριανός και Αθανάσιος

  Holy Martyrs Aristocles the priest, Demetrian the deacon and Athanasius the reader, beheaded at Salamis in Cyprus.

  Name days: Aristoklis, Aristocles, Aristokles

• Eustochius, Gaius, Probus, Lollius and Urban of Ancyra

  Martyr, Ευστόχιος και οι συν αυτώ

  Holy Martyrs Eustochius the priest, his nephew Gaius, and the children Probus, Lollius and Urban, who suffered at Ancyra.

• Hieromartyrs of Crete, Gerasimos of Crete and Companions

  Hierarch, Γεράσιμος Κρήτης και οι συν αυτώ

  Holy Hieromartyrs Gerasimos, Metropolitan of Crete, and the bishops Neophytos, Joachim, Hierotheos, Zacharias, Kallinikos and Melchisedek, with the clergy and laity slain in 1821 and 1822.

• Barbarus of Pentapolis

  Venerable, Βάρβαρος ο Πενταπολίτης

  Venerable Barbarus the former brigand, ascetic and wonderworker of Pentapolis.

• Etheldreda of Ely

  Holy Woman, Εθελδρέδα

  Venerable Etheldreda (Audrey), queen and abbess of Ely in England.

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