Saint Faith
Faith of Conques | |
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Depiction of St Faith with her attributes, gridiron, crown and the martyr's palm | |
| Virgin martyr | |
| Born | 3rd century Agen, Gallia Narbonensis, Western Roman Empire |
| Died | c. 3rd–4th century Gallia Narbonensis |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
| Major shrine | Conques, Occitanie, France |
| Feast | 6 October |
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Saint Faith, Saint Faith of Conques or Saint Faith of Agen (Latin: Sancta Fides; French: Sainte Foy; Spanish: Santa Fe) is a saint who is said to have been a girl or young woman of Agen in Aquitaine. Her legend recounts how she was arrested during persecution of Christians by the Roman Empire and refused to make pagan sacrifices. Saint Faith was tortured to death with a red-hot brazier. Her death is sometimes said to have occurred in the year 287 or 290, sometimes in the large-scale Diocletianic Persecution beginning in 303. She is listed as "Sancta Fides, Virgin and martyr", in the martyrologies.
The center of her cult was transferred to the Abbey of Sainte-Foy, Conques, where her relics arrived in the ninth century, stolen from Agen by a monk from the Abbey nearby at Conques.