page_title: Three virgins of Tuburga
hierarchical_section_title: Three virgins of Tuburga
caption_attribution_description: Vue vers le Capitole de Thuburbo Majus
context_page_description: The Three virgins of Tuburga were a group of young women who were executed for being Christians around 257 AD, in what was Roman-era Tunisia.
  Traditionally named Maxima, Donatilla, and Secunda, the trio are venerated as saints in the Orthodox Church and in the Catholic Church. They are remembered in both churches on 30 July.
  The three young women were martyred under Emperor Valerian's persecution in the 3rd century. It is also possible they were executed under Diocletian given the dates Proconsul Anullinus was procurator.
  They are among the few named victims of this widespread persecution, and the primary source on them in John Foxe who records that they "had gall and vinegar given them to drink, were then severely scourged, tormented on a gibbet, rubbed with lime, scorched on a gridiron, worried by wild beasts, and at length beheaded".
context_section_description: The Three virgins of Tuburga were a group of young women who were executed for being Christians around 257 AD, in what was Roman-era Tunisia.
  Traditionally named Maxima, Donatilla, and Secunda, the trio are venerated as saints in the Orthodox Church and in the Catholic Church. They are remembered in both churches on 30 July.
  The three young women were martyred under Emperor Valerian's persecution in the 3rd century. It is also possible they were executed under Diocletian given the dates Proconsul Anullinus was procurator.
  They are among the few named victims of this widespread persecution, and the primary source on them in John Foxe who records that they "had gall and vinegar given them to drink, were then severely scourged, tormented on a gibbet, rubbed with lime, scorched on a gridiron, worried by wild beasts, and at length beheaded".
caption: Ruins of the Capital at Tuburium, where the virgins' trial was held.
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