Saint Balbina Catholic Saint

 

Saint Balbina

Catholic Saint

st.Balbina-Martyr; Roman nun and daughter of the Blessed Quirinus, martyr

Feast Day : March 31

 

 

Patronage: Scrofulous diseases, struma

 

 

According to the legendary Acts of Sts. Peter and Balbina, Balbina was baptized by Pope St. Alexander I (r.105–115). She was martyred and was buried near her father in the Praetextus catacomb on the Via Appia of Rome. Her relics were later enshrined in St. Balbina’s Church on the Aventine.