Saints celebrated on the 14th of May
SAINT CORONA, MARTYR
Saint Corona, feast day May 14 (Saints Victor and Corona) was a 16-year-old Christian who was martyred for her faith in Damascus in the second century.
HER COURAGE
St Corona stood up publicly for Victor, a Roman soldier who was being tortured because he had converted to Christianity. For this act she died a horrific death.
HER MARTYRDOM
She was tied to two palm trunks that had been bent to the ground and when they whipped back up her body was torn to pieces.
HER INTERCESSION
She is invoked by treasure hunters and people who play the lottery. Recently, her prayers to the Divine Physician are requested by those affected by Covid-19.
FROM THE ROMAN MARTYROLOGY:
"In Syria, the holy martyrs Victor and Corona, under the emperor Antoninus. Victor was subjected to various horrible torments by the judge Sebastian. As Corona, the wife of a certain soldier, was proclaiming him happy for his fortitude in his sufferings, she saw two crowns falling from heaven, one for Victor, the other for herself. She related this to all present, and was torn to pieces between two trees; Victor was beheaded."
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