Felicula

Felicula († 90 in Rome) was an early Christian martyr and.

According to legend, Felicula was a confidant of St. Petronilla, who was supposed to be a daughter of the Apostle Peter. Felicula had been a virgin and had refused to marry a wealthy Romans and to sacrifice the gods, after which she was sentenced to death, executed and her body was thrown into the cloaca. The Holy Nicomedes, who is said to have also Petronilla stood in their martyrdom, had rescued the corpse of Felicula and honorably buried him near the Via Ardeatina before he suffered martyrdom itself.

Commemoration of the Saints is the 3rd of July.

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