St. Julia of Corsica

St. Julia was a noble virgin of Carthage. When the city was taken by Genseric in 489, she was sold for a slave to a pagan merchant of Syria named Eusebius, who decided to take her with him to France. When he reached Corsica, he stopped to go to a pagan festival. Julia refused to even go near the place where they were celebrating. She did not want to have anything to do with the superstitious ceremonies.

The governor of that region was very angry with her for not joining in the pagan feast, and promised to have her set free if she would, but she absolutely refused. She said she was as free as she wanted to be as long as she could serve Jesus. Then the pagan ruler, in great anger, had her struck on the face and her hair torn from her head. She was next put on a cross to hang there until she died.

Her feast day is May 23rd.