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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Lucretia, martyr probably in Mérida (southern Spain)

Saint ID

S01457

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03508The Lives of the Fathers of Mérida (4.7), recounts how Bishop Fidelis, while still alive, was seen to stand and sing in the choir of the church with the host of saints; once a boy sees him at night in a procession of saints from the church of *Faustus (martyr of Córdoba, S00497) to the church of *Lucretia (martyr probably of Mérida, S01457), both outside the city, and then into Mérida. Written in Latin in Mérida (south-west Spain), 633/680.