Martyr
Martyr Lucina of Rome
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Also known as: Лукина, Луцина, Мц. Лукина
A Christian woman of Rome in the early fourth century who buried martyrs and gave her house to Pope Marcellus for a church, for which her property was confiscated. Commemorated on 7 June with St Marcellus and those who suffered with him.
The martyr Lucina was a Christian of Rome in the early fourth century. The Russian Church commemorates her on 7 (20) June together with the hieromartyr Marcellus, Pope of Rome, the deacons Sisinius and Cyriacus, the martyrs Smaragdus, Largius and others, and the martyrs Priscilla and Princess Artemia.
What is known of her comes from Roman accounts of Pope Marcellus (the Liber Pontificalis and the Passion of St Marcellus), later used by St Dimitry of Rostov. According to them, Lucina was a wealthy widow. Pope Marcellus buried the martyrs Cyriacus, Smaragdus and Largius on the estate of Priscilla and Lucina near Rome, and Lucina gave him her house on the Via Lata to be made into a church. Emperor Maxentius had the church turned into a stable and forced Marcellus to tend the animals there; after his death Lucina buried him in the cemetery of Priscilla. She herself was condemned, driven from Rome and stripped of her property.
The Orthodox Encyclopedia notes that these accounts date from the 5th–6th centuries and contain legendary details.