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Quiteria
Sign in to saveSt. Quiteria was a fifth-century saint and virgin martyr about whom little is certain except her name, the date, place, and cause of her death, and existence of her cult. She is listed under the date of 22 May in the Roman Martyrology. She is one of the patron saints of Toledo, Spain. Accounts of her life include refusal to marry, protection for the vulnerable, and waging a guerilla war against the Roman Empire.
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Key facts
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Saint Quiteria
- Saint.birth_date
- 2nd Century
- Saint.death_date
- 2nd century
- Saint.feast_day
- 22 May
- Saint.venerated_in
- Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox Church
- Saint.image
- Santa Quitéria - Escola Portuguesa, séc. XVIII.png
- Saint.imagesize
- 240px
- Saint.caption
- 18th-century Portuguese painting of Quiteria
- Saint.birth_place
- Braga, Lusitania (now Portugal)
- Saint.death_place
- traditionally Aire-sur-l'Adour
- Saint.titles
- Virgin and martyr
- Saint.canonized_date
- 1716
- Saint.canonized_by
- Pope Clement XI
- Saint.attributes
- palm of martyrdom, dog on a lead, with her head in her hands, emerging from the sea
- Saint.patronage
- against rabies; Higueruela, Meca (Alenquer), Kuthenkuly
- Saint.major_shrine
- Aire-sur-l'Adour Kuthenkuly
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Place of birth
- Braga
- Place of death
- Aire-sur-l'Adour
- Image
- Quiter-higuer.jpg
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- Commons category
- Saint Quitterie
- feast day
- May 22
- date of death
- 0477-05-25
- canonization status
- Catholic saint
- cause of death
- decapitation
- date of birth
- 0200-00-00
- name in native language
- Quitéria
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Name
- Legend
- Quiteria and the Nonuplet sisters
- Alternate legend
- In Kuthenkuly
- Miracles
- Veneration
- References
- External links
St. Quiteria was a fifth-century saint and virgin martyr about whom little is certain except her name, the date, place, and cause of her death, and existence of her cult. She is listed under the date of 22 May in the Roman Martyrology. She is one of the patron saints of Toledo, Spain. Accounts of her life include refusal to marry, protection for the vulnerable, and waging a guerilla war against the Roman Empire.
==Name== Quiteria may be derived from Kythere (or Kyteria, Kuteria), a title applied to the Phoenician goddess Astarte which meant "the red one", or from (the possibly related name) Cytherea, an epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite because she was born on the island of Kythira.
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