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St. Chrispina

Commemorated December 5

Feast day
December 5
Origin
Thebesta

About the saint

At Thebesta, in Africa, during the time of Diocletian and Maximian, St. Chrispina, a woman of the highest nobility, who refused to sacrifice to idols, and was beheaded by order of the proconsul Anolinus. Her praises are often celebrated by St. Augustine.