Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century/Potimiaena, a martyr at Alexandria
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Potimiaena (June 28), one of the most celebrated martyrs at Alexandria
in the persecution of Severus, being a virgin distinguished alike for her beauty,
chastity, and courage. Eusebius (H. E. vi. 5) relates how she was cruelly
tortured, and death finally inflicted by burning pitch poured slowly about her
from feet to head. Her story is also given by Palladius (Hist. Laus.
3).
[G.T.S.]