A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Julia, virgin and martyr of Carthage

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4120647A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography — Julia, virgin and martyr of Carthage

JULIA,

A virgin and martyr of Carthage. At the sack of Carthage by Genseric, King of the Vandals, Julia was sold to a heathen merchant, and carried to Syria. Here she was discovered to be a Christian, by her refusal to take a part in some of the festivals instituted in honour of the female deities, and was put to death, in 440.