Saint of the Day – 15 March – Saint Matrona (5th-6th Century) Virgin of Capua. Matrona was a Roman noblewoman , famous for having found the body of the first Bishop of Capua, Saint Priscus. Patronages – against intestinal epidemics and cholera.
Statue of St Matrona above the Altar containing her Relics in the Church of St Prisco
Matrona, a Roman noblewoman of Portuguese origin, was miraculously cured by Saint Prisco. Tradition tells us that the young lady suffering from a stomach disorder and went to the Campanian City of Capua and was cured whilst praying at the Tomb of the first Capuan Bishop which she had discovered.
Matrona remained there for the rest of her life, later honoured as a Saint and invoked against intestinal epidemics and cholera,
The small Chapel of St Matrona is a Shrine perhaps annexed to the primitive early Basilica dedicated to St Prisco. In the apse there is a marble oval Sarcophagus which acts as an Altar and which contained the remains of our Saint.
St Longinus (1st Century) Martyr. The Roman Centurion who we believe was he who pierced the Sacred Side of Our Lord with his lance. He was Baptised and became a Monk in Caesarea, where he was Martyred by beheading. St Longinus: https://anastpaul.com/2025/03/15/saint-of-the-day-15-march-st-longinus-1st-century-martyr/
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