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Icon of Juliana of Nicomedia

Saint Juliana of Nicomedia (Greek: Ίουλιανή Νικομηδείας) is said to have suffered Christian martyrdom during the Diocletianic persecution in 304. She was popular in the Middle Ages, especially in the Netherlands, as the patron saint of sickness. (Full article...)


Attributes: Represented in pictures with a winged devil whom she leads by a chain. She is also shown enduring various tortures or fighting a dragon.
Patronage: sickness

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