St. Terence, St. Neonila and Their Children

Terence and Neonila are remembered with their seven children as a Christian family who suffered martyrdom. Few details of their lives can be established with certainty, but the Church has preserved the names of parents and children together in its worship. Their remembrance gives a human face to the word martyr: a household, with bonds of love, faced persecution. We honor their faith and ask God to strengthen families living with fear or hardship now.