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Juliana of Nicomedia ( Greek: Ίουλιανή Νικομηδείας) is an Anatolian Christian saint, said to have suffered martyrdom during the Diocletianic persecution in 304. She was popular as a patron saint of the sick during the Middle Ages, especially in the Netherlands .
The veneration of the virgin martyr Juliana, a maiden of Nicomedia (Izmit, Turkey), is very ancient in the east and the west. The earliest extant account of her martyrdom was written less than three centuries after her death, but it clearly contains unhistorical interpolations.
Juliana of Nicomedia was an early Christian saint who lived during the mid-3rd to early 4th century AD in the Roman Empire. She is particularly venerated in the Orthodox and Catholic Church and her feast day is recognized on February 16th in the West.
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St. Juliana of Nicomedia. February 16, Saint. Roman Martyrology: At Nicomedia, Saint Juliana, virgin and martyr. SHORT BIOGRAPHY. Daughter of a pagan named Africanus who promised the girl to a young noble named Evilase. Juliana put him off, first insisting that he become prefect of Nicomedia.
Saint Juliana of Nicomedia suffered martyrdom for her love of Christ when she refused to marry the Eleusius, a Roman senator. Eleusius plead with Juliana to marry him at multiple times, to which she refused as a “bride of Christ.”
Saint Juliana of Nicomedia, also known as Juliana of Cumae, was a brave and devout Christian martyr during the early fourth century AD. She was born into a pagan noble family in Nicomedia, which is now modern-day Turkey.
Juliana of Nicomedia was also known as Juliana of Cumae. She was the Daughter of a pagan named Africanus who promised the girl to a young noble named Evilase. Juliana put him off, first insisting that he become prefect of Nicomedia.