St. Marciana was not harmed by the lion in the arena
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Saint Marciana of Toledo (died c. 303) was born in Toledo, Spain to a family of nobility. Nevertheless, she abhorred the worldly benefits of a high social status and she put aside her worldly riches.
She decided to travel to Caesarea, Mauretania (modern-day Algeria) and lock herself in a cell within a cave in order to preserve her virginity and consecrate herself to God through various exercises in fasts and other practices of self-deprivation that were used in lieu of martyrdom…
Zaidan Gallery 
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