⛪ Saint of the Day : February 8
⛪ Other Names :
Coint, Quinta
⛪ Profile :
Martyred in the persecutions of Decius for refusing to sacrifice to idols.
⛪ Born :
Egyptian
⛪ Died :
Dragged to death by a horse thru the streets of Alexandria, Egypt in 249
The famous ecclesiastical historian Eusebio of Caesarea, citing a letter from the Alexandrian bishop Saint Dionysius to the bishop Fabio of Antioch about the bloodshed of several martyrs in Alexandria of Egypt under the emperor Decius, testified that: "They led a christian woman in a pagan temple called Quinta and forced her to worship thier god. She was horrified and resisted. Then they tied her by the feet, dragged her through the city on the rough pavement, they slammed her on large stones, scourged her and, at last returned to the temple of Metra, where they ended her up under a hail of stones ". According to other sources, Quinta was tied to a horse and dragged all the way long.
Therefore, venerated as a holy martyr, her commemoration is on the 8th of February. She is also known with the name of Cointa and her praise seems to be inspired by the account of her life, written by Eusebius of Caesarea.
Source : santiebeati
