Question: Facts: - imagesize: 250px - venerated in: catholic church - patronage: tivoli - caption: wooden of sant ' antonio abate di tossicia statue depicting symphorosa , housed in the church - feast day: 18 july - death date: ~ 138 ad - attributes: seven sons , martyr 's palm - major shrine: sant ' angelo in pescheria , rome - titles: martyr - name: saint symphorosa - image: santa sinforosa - tossicia.jpg - death place: the -rrb- , italy anio -lrb- aniene -rrb- , tibur -lrb- tivoli Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of symphorosa .
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symphorosa -lrb- ; died ca. 138 ad -rrb- is venerated as a christian saint .according to tradition , she was martyred with her seven sons at tibur -lrb- modern tivoli , italy -rrb- towards the end of the reign of the roman emperor hadrian -lrb- 117 -- 138 -rrb- .the story of their martyrdom is told in an old '' passio '' , the reliability of which is seriously questioned by many modern hagiologists .according to this '' passio '' , symphorosa was a tiburtine matron , the widow of the tribune getulius , who had previously been martyred under emperor hadrian at gabii -lrb- now torri -rrb- , a town of the sabines .when hadrian had completed his costly palace at tibur and began its dedication by offering sacrifices , he received the following response from the gods : '' the widow symphorosa and her sons torment us daily by invoking their god .if she and her sons offer sacrifice , we promise to give you all that you ask for . ''when all the emperor 's attempts to induce symphorosa and her sons to sacrifice to the roman gods were unsuccessful , he ordered her to be brought to the temple of hercules , where , after various tortures , she was thrown into the river anio with a heavy rock fastened to her neck .her brother eugenius , who was a member of the council of tibur , buried her in the outskirts of the city .