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Also known as

• Aquilina of Byblos
• Aquilina of Biblus
• Aquilina of Lebanon

Memorial

• 13 June

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Arrested at age 12 for her faith during the persecutions of Diocletian. When she clung to her faith, the magistrate Volusian ordered the child beaten and beheaded. Martyr. Saint Joseph the Hymnographer composed an Office in her honour.

Born

• 3rd century Byblos, Phoenicia (in modern Lebanon)

Died

• beheaded in 293 in Byblos, Phoenicia (in modern Lebanon)

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

MLA Citation

• “Saint Aquilina of Syria“. CatholicSaints.Info. 20 July 2022. Web. 16 April 2024. <>