Patron Saints of Young Girls and Women: Warriors of God.
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Saint Philomena, who the pope named as the
Patroness of the Living Rosary and the Patroness of the Children of Mary, is the only
person recognized as a saint solely on the basis of her powerful intercession, although
pertinent revelations regarding her life have been recorded. Her relics are now preserved
in Mugnano, Italy.
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Saint Agnes was a Roman girl who was only
thirteen years old when she suffered martyrdom for her Faith. Agnes had made a
promise, a promise to God never to stain her purity. Her love for the Lord was very great
and she hated sin even more than death! Since she was very beautiful, many young men
wished to marry Agnes, but she would always say, "Jesus Christ is my only
Spouse."
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Lucy's name means "light", with the
same root as "lucid" which means "clear, radiant, understandable."
Unfortunately for us, Lucy's history does not match her name. Shrouded in the darkness of
time, all we really know for certain is that this brave woman who lived in Syracuse lost
her life in the persecution of Christians in the early fourth century. Her veneration
spread to Rome so that by the sixth century the whole Church recognized her courage in
defense of the faith.
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Aprocryphal virgin and martyr. Father was a
pagan priest in Pisidian Antioch, Asia Minor (modern Turkey). Her mother died when she was
an infant, and the child was raised by a Christian woman. Her father disowned her, her
nurse adopted her, and Margaret consecrated herself and her virginity to God.
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