Tanca
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Saint Tanca is the name of a sixth-century French
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
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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.

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