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Saint Salsa of Tipasa
Tipasa, Algeria
Archival Overview
Fourteenth-year-old Christian Berber maiden whose martyrdom for casting down a bronze dragon idol in Tipasa inspired one of the largest early Christian pilgrimage basilicas in the Mediterranean.
Biographical Record
Saint Salsa was a 14-year-old Christian Berber girl who lived in the bustling port of Tipasa in Mauretania Caesariensis during the early 4th century. Distressed by the blood sacrifices offered to a gilded bronze serpent idol on the town's seaside promontory, she crept into the temple by night and cast the idol into the sea.
Discovered by the temple guardians, Salsa was stoned and cast into the sea, where her body was later miraculously recovered by local sailors and reverently entombed on the eastern hill overlooking Tipasa's azure bay.
Key Life Milestones
Heroic Witness at Tipasa
Cast down the pagan idol of Tipasa, embracing martyrdom for the Christian faith at age fourteen.
Heroic Witness at Tipasa
Cast down the pagan idol of Tipasa, embracing martyrdom for the Christian faith at age fourteen.
Heroic Witness at Tipasa
Cast down the pagan idol of Tipasa, embracing martyrdom for the Christian faith at age fourteen.
Dedication of the Great Basilica of Salsa
Consecration of the grand pilgrimage basilica and martyrium atop the eastern promontory of Tipasa.
Dedication of the Great Basilica of Salsa
Consecration of the grand pilgrimage basilica and martyrium atop the eastern promontory of Tipasa.
Dedication of the Great Basilica of Salsa
Consecration of the grand pilgrimage basilica and martyrium atop the eastern promontory of Tipasa.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual MemorialTipasa, Algeria