Saint of the Day Sep 4 - St Rosalia, Virgin of Palermo
La Santuzza (the little saint)
Memorial
4 September
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Born to the Sicilian nobility, the daughter of Sinibald, Lord of Roses, and Quisquina. Descendant of Charlemagne. Raised around the royal Sicilian court. From her youth, Rosalia knew she was called to dedicate her life to God. When grown, she moved to cave near her parent’s home, and lived in it the rest of her life; tradition says that she was led to the cave by two angels. On the cave wall she wrote “I, Rosalia, daughter of Sinibald, Lord of Roses, and Quisquina, have taken the resolution to live in this cave for the love of my Lord, Jesus Christ.” Rosalia remained apart from the world, dedicated to prayer and works of penance for the sake of Jesus, and died alone.
In 1625, during a period of plague, she appeared in a vision to a hunter near her cave. Her relics were discovered, brought to Palermo, and paraded through the street. Three days later the plague ended, intercession to Rosalia was credited with saving the city, and she was proclaimed its patroness. The traditional celebration of Rosalia lasted for days, involved fireworks and parades, and her feast day was made a holy day of obligation by Pope Pius XI in 1927.
Born
c.1130 at Palermo, Sicily
Died
c.1160 Mount Pellegrino, Italy, apparently of natural causes
buried in her cave by workers collapsing it
Patronage
locations in Italy
Baucina
Benetutti
Bivona
Caltagirone, diocese of
Campofelice di Roccella
Delia
Isola delle Femine
Lentiscosa
Palermo, archdiocese of
Palermo, city of
Pegli
Racalmuto
San Mango Cilento
Santo Stefano Quisquina
Sicily
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September 4 - St Rosalia, Virgin of Palermo
La Santuzza (the little saint)
Memorial
4 September
Profile
Born to the Sicilian nobility, the daughter of Sinibald, Lord of Roses, and Quisquina. Descendant of Charlemagne. Raised around the royal Sicilian court. From her youth, Rosalia knew she was called to dedicate her life to God. When grown, she moved to cave near her parent’s home, and lived in it the rest of her life; tradition says that she was led to the cave by two angels. On the cave wall she wrote “I, Rosalia, daughter of Sinibald, Lord of Roses, and Quisquina, have taken the resolution to live in this cave for the love of my Lord, Jesus Christ.” Rosalia remained apart from the world, dedicated to prayer and works of penance for the sake of Jesus, and died alone.
In 1625, during a period of plague, she appeared in a vision to a hunter near her cave. Her relics were discovered, brought to Palermo, and paraded through the street. Three days later the plague ended, intercession to Rosalia was credited with saving the city, and she was proclaimed its patroness. The traditional celebration of Rosalia lasted for days, involved fireworks and parades, and her feast day was made a holy day of obligation by Pope Pius XI in 1927.
Born
c.1130 at Palermo, Sicily
Died
c.1160 Mount Pellegrino, Italy, apparently of natural causes
buried in her cave by workers collapsing it
Patronage
locations in Italy
Baucina
Benetutti
Bivona
Caltagirone, diocese of
Campofelice di Roccella
Delia
Isola delle Femine
Lentiscosa
Palermo, archdiocese of
Palermo, city of
Pegli
Racalmuto
San Mango Cilento
Santo Stefano Quisquina
Sicily
Vicari
Our Lady of Consolation
Our Lady of the Angels
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