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About St. Quiteria
d. c. 5th century, traditional · Feast May 22 · Virgin / Martyr
Iberian-Gallic virgin martyr (5th century, traditional), one of nonuplet sisters of a Galician chieftain, exposed at birth by her pagan mother and reared secretly as a Christian; hunted down and beheaded for refusing forced marriage to a pagan suitor. Patroness against rabies (her relics at Aire-sur-l'Adour invoked for the cure). Pre-Congregation; biography legendary.
St. Quiteria is the patron saint of Rabies Protection, Young Women and Difficult Family Situations.
