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Virgin Martyr Febronia of Nisibis

Also known as Febronia of Nisibis

A nun raised from childhood in a convent at Nisibis, of rare beauty and deeper holiness, who endured frightful tortures rather than deny Christ or her virginity, and was beheaded under Diocletian.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints