Munditia

Who is Munditia?

Saint Munditia is venerated as a Christian martyr. Her relics are found in a side altar at St. Peter's Church in Munich. They consist of a gilt-covered and gem-studded skeleton, located in a glass case, with false eyes in her skull, which is wrapped in netting. Jewels cover the mouth of the relic’s rotten teeth.

Her relics were translated to Munich from Rome in 1675 from the catacombs of Cyriaca. They were transferred to her Baroque Era-shrine which was built on September 5, 1677.

The inscription on the reliquary reads:

DDM MUNDICIE PROTOGENIE BENEMERENTI QUAE VIXIT ANNOS LX QUAE IBIT IN PACE XV KAL D ZUM FROMMEN GEDENKEN AN MUNDITIA PROTOGENIA DIE WOHLVERDIENTE: SIE LEBTE 60 JAHRE UND GING EIN IN DEN FRIEDEN AM 15. TAG VOR DEN KALENDEN DES DEZEMBERS – APC

— Anonymous, Inscription on reliquary,

The meaning of “APC” is unclear. The Roman document of authenticity states that it means “ASCIA PLEXA CAPITA”, describing the manner of her martyrdom. APC may also refer to: "ANDRONICO PROBO CONSULIBUS”, referring to the fact that she was martyred during the consulate of Andronicus and Probus, thus making her date of death 310 CE.