St. Cointha
Commemorated February 8
- Feast day
- February 8
- Origin
- Alexandria
About the saint
At Alexandria, under the emperor Decius, the martyr St. Cointha, whom the Pagans seized, led to the idols and urged to adore them. As she refused witli horror, they put her feet in chains, and dragged her through the streets of the city, mangling her body in a barbarous manner.