Feastday: August 21
Death: 249
Widowed Roman martyr and patroness of St. Laurence, sometimes called Dominica. St. Laurence, deacon and martyr, used Cyriaca's villa in Rome to distribute alms to the poor. She was scourged to death for the faith. The church of St. Mary in Dominica was named after her.
Cyriaca, also known as Dominica, was a Roman widow, and patroness to St. Lawrence, and eventually suffered martyrdom. St. Lawrence used her home in Rome to give food to the poor. Cyriaca suffered martyrdom, by being scourged to death for her faith.
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