Feast day · December 2

Saint Bibiana

Saint Bibiana

St. Bibiana was a Roman virgin and martyr who lived in the 4th century. She was born around 290 AD and died in 363 AD. Bibiana's father, Flavian, was a Roman prefect who was tortured and exiled for refusing to worship the pagan gods. Bibiana, her mother Dafrosa, and her sister Demetria were also persecuted for their Christian faith. Bibiana was beaten to death for refusing to renounce her beliefs. She is venerated as the patron saint of hangovers and headaches. A church dedicated to St. Bibiana was built on the Esquiline Hill in Rome in the 5th century.

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