Tanca
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Saint Tanca is the name of a sixth-century French
Roman Catholic saint
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Tanca was born in Troyes, France. She was killed while defending her virginity, and is called a martyr
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Her feast day is celebrated October 10.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Roman Catholic saint
Saint
A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
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Tanca was born in Troyes, France. She was killed while defending her virginity, and is called a martyr
Martyr
A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
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Her feast day is celebrated October 10.