O POVO Online: Santa Quitéria: CV impedia comícios, ameaçava eleitores, diz MPCE
A facção criminosa Comando Vermelho (CV) atuou para garantir o resultado das eleições municipais de Santa Quitéria, distante 223 quilômetros de Fortaleza. "Quando ocorreu a eleição municipal de Santa ...
Quiteria was a fifth-century saint and virgin martyr about whom little is certain except her name, the date, place, and cause of her death, and existence of her cult.
Many churches in southern France and northern Spain have been dedicated under the name of the virgin martyr St. Quiteria, who still enjoys a wide following, especially at Aire in Gascony, where her reputed relics were preserved until they were scattered by the huguenots.
Quiteria was eventually captured and beheaded in Aire-sur-l'Adour, France. She is invoked against rabies and is often depicted with a dog on a lead, symbolizing her legendary ability to calm rabid dogs with her voice.
Quiteria is also venerated in Portugal, where, however, a different legend is attributed to her. The Martyrologium Romanum places the Feastday on the traditional date of 22 May.
Saint of the Day – 22 May – St Quiteria (5th Century) Virgin Martyr
Saint Quiteria, also known as Kitheriammal, Quiteira, or Quitterie, was a revered Catholic nun and martyr who is greatly venerated in the Navarre region on the border of France and Spain.
Little is known for certain about St. Quiteria, except that she was a virgin martyr who existed in the earliest centuries of Christianity; and that she enjoyed a widespread cult throughout southwestern Europe (Portugal, Spain, and France).