Saint Irene (Great Martyr)

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Saint Irene
FeastMay 5

Saint Irene (Erina) in Catholicism known as Irene of Lecce and in Orthodox Christianity as Irene of Macedonia (Αγία Ειρήνη η Μεγαλομάρτυς) was a pre-congregation saint, Great Martyr, said to have lived sometime during the 1st or 2nd century.

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