Three virgins of Tuburga

Saints Maxima, Donatilla, and Secunda
Virgin Martyrs
Born	c. 240s CE
Died	257 CE Thuburbo Maius, Roman Province of Africa (modern-day Tunisia)
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church
Canonized	Pre-congregation
Feast	30 July

The Three virgins of Tuburga were a group of young women who were executed for being Christians around 257 AD, in what was Roman-era Tunisia.

Traditionally named Maxima, Donatilla, and Secunda, the trio are venerated as saints in the Orthodox Church and in the Catholic Church. They are remembered in both churches on 30 July.

The three young women were martyred under Emperor Valerian's persecution in the 3rd century.

They are among the few named victims of this widespread persecution, and the primary source on them in John Foxe who records that they "had gall and vinegar given them to drink, were then severely scourged, tormented on a gibbet, rubbed with lime, scorched on a gridiron, worried by wild beasts, and at length beheaded".

Maxima, aged 14, and Donatilla were residents of Tuburga a Roman colony in Africa Proconsularis, six miles southwest of Carthage. When an edict was issued for the townsfolk to sacrifice to the Roman gods the girls refused, after which they were tried and sentenced by Proconsul Anullinus. At some stage during their imprisonment, the pair met Secunda, aged 12. It is assumed that she was arrested separately, since she is not mentioned in the proconsular interview.

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