Back القديس بترونيلا ARZ Peronella de Roma Catalan Svatá Petronila Czech Petronilla German Pétronille de Rome French Sveta Petronila Croatian Szent Petronella Hungarian Petronila ID Santa Petronilla Italian Petronella van Rome Dutch
Petronilla | |
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 Saint Petronilla and the Sick. 14th-century French manuscript. | |
| Died | 1st century; possibly 3rd century |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast | 31 May |
| Attributes | Depicted being healed by Peter the Apostle; early Christian maiden with a broom; lying dead but incorrupt in her coffin with flowers in her hair as the coffin is opened during renovations; receiving the newly dead into heaven; set of keys; spurning a marriage proposal, represented by a ring, being offered by a king; standing with Saint Peter; woman holding a set of keys; woman with a dolphin |
| Patronage | The dauphins of France; mountain travellers; treaties between Popes and Frankish emperors; invoked against fever |
Petronilla (Aurelia Petronilla)[a][1] is an early Christian saint. She is venerated as a virgin by the Catholic Church. She died in Rome at the end of the 1st century, or possibly in the 3rd century.
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- ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.