May 14, 2020
Saint Corona of Damascus, Widow and Martyr - 14 May
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Saint Corona of Damascus, Widow and Martyr - 14 May
The continual prayer of a just man availeth much. - James 5:16
Saint Corona, pray for us! Deliver us from danger of illness, necessity and eternal death!
Master of the Palazzo Venezia Madonna, Saint Corona, tempera and gold on panel (c. 1350). National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark. Note the crown she holds in her left hand and the two palm leaves she holds in her right.
Martyrdom of Saint Corona, Martyr - 14 May
Wherein you shall greatly rejoice, if now you must be for a little time made sorrowful in divers temptations: That the trial of your faith (much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire) may be found unto praise and glory and honour at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not seen, you love: in whom also now, though you see him not, you believe: and believing shall rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorified.
- 1 Peter 1:6-8
Sts. Victor, Vincent, Corona, and Menas, Martyrs - 14 May
With songs of praise, let us hymn the steadfast athletes of Christ: divine Victor, Vincent, and the noble Stephanie, with Menas the all-glorious. Having crushed the foe in sundry ages and countries, they rejoice together, glorified in the Heavens. Have mercy, O Christ Saviour, on all, by Thy Great Martyrs' prayers!
The Martyrdom of Saint Corona
In Syria, the holy Victor and Corona, martyrs under the Emperor Antoninus. Victor was put to diverse and horrid tortures under the judge Sebastian. Corona, who was the wife of a certain soldier, was fain to cry out that he was blessed, because of the constancy in his testimony, whereupon she saw two crowns descending from heaven, the one for Victor and the other for herself, and when she had borne witness to this in the hearing of all, she was torn asunder between trees, and Victor was beheaded.
- Roman Martyrology
Corona is bound to a palm tree, by which the Martyr blossomed like a date-palm.