Christian virgins, often persecuted for their refusal to enter a worldly marriage

Christian virgins, often persecuted for their refusal to enter a worldly marriage after having vowed to keep their virginity. The historicity of these early saints cannot be established, the dates given are from hagiographical tradition. Felicula and Petronilla of Rome (d. c. 90) Cecilia of Rome (2nd c.) Saints Faith, Hope and Charity (2nd c.) Pudentiana (2nd c.) Saint Venera (d. 143) Glyceria (d. 177) Gundenis of Carthage (early 3rd c.) Martina of Rome (d. 228) Tatiana of Rome (d. 226 or 235) Euthalia of Sicily (3rd c.) Regina of Autun (3rd c.) Barbara of Nicomedia (3rd c.) Denise of Lampsacus (3rd c.) Christina of Bolsena (3rd c.) Vibiana (3rd c.) Apollonia of Alexandria (d. 249) Pelagia of Antioch (late 3rd c.) Margaret of Antioch (d. 289) Theodosia of Tyre (d. 290) Diocletian Persecution (302–311) Saint Demiana and the 40 Virgins Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora Pelagia of Tarsus Theodora of Alexandria Engratia of Zaragoza (d. 303) Euphemia of Chalcedon (d. 303) Devota of Corsica (d. 303) Agnes of Rome (d. 304) Charitina of Amisus (d. 304) Febronia of Nisibis (d. 304) Justina of Padua (d. 304) Lucia of Syracuse (d. 304) Philomena of Rome (d. 304) Catherine of Alexandria (d. 305) Dorothea of Caesarea (d. 311) Post-Nicean Virgin martyrs: Bibiana (Viviana) of Rome (d. 361/3) Saint Ursula and Saint Leticia (d. 384; various other traditional dates) Quiteria (5th century) Julia of Corsica (d. 439) Olivia of Palermo (d. 448) Juthwara (6th century) Nympha of Palermo (6th century) Saint Winifred (d. c. 660) Saint Belina (d. 1153), canonized in 1203. Markella of Chios (14th century) Joan of Arc (d. 1431), canonized in 1920. Maria Goretti (1890–1902), canonized in 1950. Nina Kuznetsova (Нина Кузнецова) new martyr of Vologda (1938) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_(title)#Virgin_martyrs