What is "verena"

Verena can refer to:

People with the given name Verena:

• Saint Verena, 3rd- and 4th-century saint of the Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Coptic Orthodox Churches
• Verena Becker (born 1952), West German terrorist
• Verena Bentele (born 1982), blind German Paralympic biathlete and cross-country skier
• Verena Diener (born 1949), Swiss politician
• Verena Rehm (born 1984), singer
• Verena Sailer (born 1985), German sprinter
• Verena "Vreni" Schneider (born 1964), Swiss alpine skier
• Verena von Strenge (born 1975), dancer
• Verena Stuffer (born 1984), Italian alpine skier
• Verena von Weymarn (born 1943), retired German medical officer and first woman general in German military history
• Verena Wagner (born 1920), granddaughter of composer Richard Wagner

Fictional characters:

• Verena Tarrant, protagonist in Henry James' novel The Bostonians
• Verena (Warhammer), goddess of law and justice in the Warhammer Fantasy game universe

Other uses:

• Monte Verena, a mountain in Italy
• St. Verena, monastic church of Rot an der Rot Abbey

Verena is venerated as a saint by the Coptic Orthodox Church, by the Roman Catholic Church, and by the Eastern Orthodox Church. According to tradition, she was associated with the Theban Legion and died on the 4th day of Thout (September 14).

Tradition states that she was brought up in the 3rd century in the Theban region (modern day Luxor in Upper Egypt) in a noble Christian family, who handed her over to Bishop Sherimon, Bishop of Beni Suef, who in turn taught her and baptized her as a Christian.