Marciana of Mauretania

Marciana (death 303) is venerated as a martyr and saint. Her legend states that she was a virgin from Mauretania Caesariensis. During the persecutions of Christians by Roman Emperor Diocletian, she was accused of having smashed a statue of Diana. Marciana was thrown to the wild beasts in the amphitheatre of Caesarea. She was gored to death by a bull and mauled by a leopard.St. Marciana - Catholic Online 
==Veneration==
The Mozarabic office had a special hymn in her honor.
==References==
==External links==
*Saints of January 9: Marciana
*Catholic Online
*St. Marciana – January 7
Category:Algerian saints
Category:Algerian Roman Catholic saints
Category:Female saints
Category:Christian martyrs of the Roman era
Category:303 deaths
Category:4th-century Christian martyr saints
Category:4th-century Romans
fr:Marcienne de Dellys