ST. MARTINA, MARTYR, ST. HYACINTHA MARESCOTTI, ROMAN VIRGIN, Jan. 30

ST. MARTINA, MARTYR

St. Martina of Rome, Roman Catholic Virgin Martyr of Rome. A basilica was erected in her honor at the Roman Forum. Her remains were discovered there in 1634, Feastday January 30

ST. HYACINTHA MARESCOTTI, ROMAN VIRGIN

Saint Hyacintha of Mariscotti (1585 - 1640 ) was a religious of the Third Order of St. Francis and foundress of the Sacconi. At length she was touched by God's grace, and the earnest exhortations of her confessor at the time of serious illness made her see the folly of the past and brought about a complete change in her life. Jan. 30