Marciana of Mauretania
Marciana (also Marciana of Toledo) (died 303) is venerated as a martyr and saint. Her legend states that she was a virgin from Rusucurru in Mauretania Caesariensis (now Algeria) who retired to live a life of penance in Caesarea. 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 by a bull and mauled to death by a leopard. Veneration. The Mozarabic office had a special hymn in her honor. Marciana of Mauretania