Saturnina

The Holy Saturnina to have suffered in a non- traditional time as a virgin martyr at Sains- lès- Marquion in the French department of Pas -de- Calais martyrdom.

Life and Death

Various sources mention Saturnina as a woman or virgin Roman origin. Other authors suggest that Saturnina originally from Saxony. A marriage by her family had refused it because she wanted to lead a celibate life for Christ's sake as a consecrated virgin. Prior to her groom, who wanted to enforce the marriage by force, they had fled into what is now France. Near the village Sains- lès- Marquion the groom have tracked them and finally killed after they continue rejecting him.

Worship

According to tradition, the relics Saturnina were first buried and venerated in the Church of Sains- lès- Marquion. Under Bishop Biso of Paderborn ( 887-909 ), a delegation from Saxony requested the relics and brought them into the convent Heerse (now Neuenheerse ) east of Paderborn. Collegiate and community participated in the year 1000, at the latest from 1150, the patronal feast of the holy Saturnina to.

In the secularization of the monastery was dissolved and the church continued as a parish church, the relics of the saints rest there until today. On the Sunday after Ascension Day takes place every year Saturninenprozession by location and field hall, in which the reliquaries be carried.