SAINT OF THE DAY JAN. 16 ST. MARCELLUS I, POPE AND MARTYR ST PRISCILLA, ROMAN MATRON

SAINT OF THE DAY JAN. 16 ST. MARCELLUS I, POPE AND MARTYR ST PRISCILLA, ROMAN MATRON Priscilla was a Roman matron of the first century. Some have identified her with the wife of Aquila, engaged in the first Christian catechesis; or with the founder of a cemetery named for her on the Via Salaria, who received St Paul as a guest. According to others, she was a freed slave.