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St. Susan (Susanna)

St. Susanna (Susan) was the beautiful daughter of Saint Gabinus and niece of Pope Caius, living in the early part of Diocletian's reign, during the time of the last large-scale persecutions. Having made a private vow of virginity, and not wanting to be part of a family that murdered her family in faith, she refused to marry Maximian, Diocletian's son-in-law. Her piety was such that she converted Claudius and Maximus, the messengers sent to bring her to Maximian. In revenge, she was exposed as a Christian, beaten, and martyred.

In 1969 she was dropped from the universal calender of saints, but her memorial, August 11, is still celebrated in Saint Susanna's basilica in Rome.