Saint victoria tivoli biography of abraham

Italian martyr and saint . Executed in or about 253 ce; daughter of noble Tivoli parents; sister of Anatolia; never married; no children.

Born into one of the noblest families of Tivoli, Victoria and her sister Anatolia were renowned for their beauty.

Raised as Christians, the sisters had been promised in marriage by their parents to two of the region's most eligible and noble—and pagan—bachelors.

Saint victoria tivoli biography of abraham

Victoria, betrothed to Eugenius, eagerly anticipated her wedding, while Anatolia, pledged to Titus Aurelius, bitterly opposed the match her parents had made for her and looked for any excuse she could find to postpone the wedding.

Titus Aurelius beseeched Eugenius to urge Victoria to convince her sister to proceed with plans for her marriage. Citing holy scripture, Victoria reminded Anatolia that God looked favorably upon the state of marriage, inasmuch as most of the church's patriarchs and prophets had themselves married in days gone by.

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