Marcella of Rome
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"Santa Marcela" redirects here. For the other saint, see Marcella of Marseille.
Marcella (325–410) is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and Orthodox Church. She was a Christian ascetic in the Byzantine Era.
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Saint Marcella | |
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Born | 325 Ancient Rome |
Died | 410 |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Orthodox Church Anglican Communion |
Feast | January 31 |
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church reports similarly, "She suffered bodily ill-treatment at the hands of the Goths when they captured Rome in 410 and died from its effects."[1] She is commemorated on 31 January.