Saint Justina, Sainte-Justine, martyred 304 AD. One of the Christians of Antioch. Depicted kneeling before a crucifix and Bible, holding an axe to her breast. Virgin martyr beheaded with Saint Cyprian at Nicomedia (Izmit, Turkey). Copperplate stipple engraving from Mr. M. E’s Les Jeunes Martyres de la Foi Chretienne, Young Martyrs of the Christian Faith, Francois Janet, Paris, 1819.

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