Our Lady on Saturdays–W (IV) – St. Prisca, Virgin, Martyr–R (Comm.)

ST. PRISCA was a young Roman woman tortured and executed for her Christian faith. The dates of her birth and death are unknown. She is revered as a pre-schism Western saint and martyr by the Orthodox Church and as a saint and a martyr by the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. Though some legends suggest otherwise, scholars do not believe she is the Priscilla (Prisca) of the New Testament couple, Priscilla and Aquila, who were friends of the apostle Paul.