08 works, Today, November 16th, is Saint Ephigenia of Ethiopia’s day, her story illustrated #319

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Santa Ifigênia

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Basílica de Nossa Senhora da Conceição e de Santa Ifigênia, Brazil

Saint Ephigenia of Ethiopia or Iphigenia of Ethiopia, also called Iphigenia of Abyssinia, is a folk saint whose life is told in the Golden Legend as a virgin converted to Christianity and then consecrated to God by St. Matthew the Apostle, who was spreading the Gospel to the region of “Ethiopia.”…

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