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|SaintName=Saint Irene of Tomar | |SaintName=Saint Irene of Tomar | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=October 20 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Tomar, Santarém District, Portugal | |SaintBirthPlace=Tomar, Santarém District, Portugal | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=39.600000, -8.416700 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=39.600000, -8.416700 | ||
|DeathPlace=Santarém, Santarém District, Portugal | |DeathPlace=Santarém, Santarém District, Portugal | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates=39.233300, -8.683300 | |SaintDeathCoordinates=39.233300, -8.683300 | ||
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|NotableLabel2=Site of body recovery and burial | |NotableLabel2=Site of body recovery and burial | ||
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| | |AssociatedCountries=Portugal | ||
| | |AssociatedDioceses=[[Diocese of Santarém]] | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|SaintMiracle1=Uncorrupted body recovered from Nabão River | |SaintMiracle1=Uncorrupted body recovered from Nabão River | ||
|SaintMiracle2=Revelation to uncle Abbot Celius of true martyrdom | |SaintMiracle2=Revelation to uncle Abbot Celius of true martyrdom | ||
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|ReligiousAffiliation=Benedictine (tradition) | |ReligiousAffiliation=Benedictine (tradition) | ||
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|PrimaryShrine=Church of Santa Iria, Largo de Santa Iria, 2000-265 Santarém, Portugal | |PrimaryShrine=Church of Santa Iria, Largo de Santa Iria, 2000-265 Santarém, Portugal | ||
|AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church | |AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church | ||
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'''Saint Irene of Tomar''', also known as '''Saint Iria''' or '''Irene of Tancor''', was a 7th-century Portuguese virgin martyr renowned for her steadfast defense of chastity and faith amid betrayal and violence.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_of_Tomar |title=Irene of Tomar |publisher=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Born circa 635 in Nabância (present-day Tomar) in Visigothic Hispania to an influential Christian family, she was educated in a convent school under the tutelage of a monk named Remígio, dedicating herself to a religious life of prayer and celibacy, as recounted in medieval hagiographic traditions preserved in Portuguese synaxaria.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-irene-26 |title=St. Irene |publisher=Catholic News Agency |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Rejecting advances from a noble suitor, Britald, and her tutor, who in revenge spread false pregnancy rumors and administered a simulating potion, Irene faced mortal peril when Britald hired a mercenary to assassinate her around 653 while she visited an elderly invalid; her body was cast into the Nabão River but miraculously recovered uncorrupted near Scalabis (modern Santarém), leading to the town's renaming in her honor. | '''Saint Irene of Tomar''', also known as '''Saint Iria''' or '''Irene of Tancor''', was a 7th-century Portuguese virgin martyr renowned for her steadfast defense of chastity and faith amid betrayal and violence.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_of_Tomar |title=Irene of Tomar |publisher=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Born circa 635 in Nabância (present-day Tomar) in Visigothic Hispania to an influential Christian family, she was educated in a convent school under the tutelage of a monk named Remígio, dedicating herself to a religious life of prayer and celibacy, as recounted in medieval hagiographic traditions preserved in Portuguese synaxaria.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-irene-26 |title=St. Irene |publisher=Catholic News Agency |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Rejecting advances from a noble suitor, Britald, and her tutor, who in revenge spread false pregnancy rumors and administered a simulating potion, Irene faced mortal peril when Britald hired a mercenary to assassinate her around 653 while she visited an elderly invalid; her body was cast into the Nabão River but miraculously recovered uncorrupted near Scalabis (modern Santarém), leading to the town's renaming in her honor. | ||