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Olivia of Palermo (Italian: Oliva dì Palermo, Sicilian: Uliva di Palermu), Palermo, 448 – Tunis, 10 June 463, [3] [4] while according to another tradition she is supposed to have lived in the late 9th century AD in the Muslim Emirate of Sicily [5] [6] is a Christian virgin-martyr who was venerated as a local patron saint of Palermo, Sicily, since the Middle Ages, as well as in the Sicilian ...
Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague–Stricken of Palermo, painting of Anthony van Dyck (1624), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Pantaenus (died 200 AD), theologian, saint; Agatha of Catania (231–251 AD), martyr and saint; Lucy of Syracuse (283–304 AD), martyr and saint; Saint Vitus (c. 290–c. 303 AD), martyr and saint
Saint Olivia of Palermo, a virgin-martyr venerated in Palermo in Sicily and in Carthage in North Africa (463) [19] Saint Censurius, the successor of St Germanus as Bishop of Auxerre in France (486) [10] [19] [27] Saint Illadan (Illathan, Iolladhan), Bishop of Rathlihen in Offaly in Ireland (6th century) [19] [28] [29]
Founded in Palermo in 1734 by the Venerable Father Giorgio Guzzetta (in Albanian At Gjergj Guxeta), Apostle of the Albanians in Sicily and one of the foremost intellectuals of the Arbëreshë in the 18th century, the Seminary has for centuries been a bastion for preserving the Albanian language, culture, and traditions. It nurtured many ...
Contessa Entellina (Albanian: Kuntisa) is a small comune in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, in Sicily, southern Italy.. Is located in the "Valle del Belìce" at 571 metres (1,873 ft) above sea level in the mountains called Brinjat, is situated 80 km from Palermo.
Olivia is a feminine given name in the English language. It is derived from Latin oliva , olive . Both Oliva and Olivia were Latinate forms in use in English-speaking countries as early as the 13th century.
Two different St. Olivia's. I've moved this one to "Olivia of Plaermo" ans "see also'd" the other. Peter Flass 23:04, 28 April 2013 (UTC) I encountered a source that said she was a fictional character here: . I wonder if there is anything to it. --Sicilian-American 22:35, 3 December 2007 (UTC) saint olivia was then found dead.
Demetrio Camarda – Byzantine rite priest, Albanian language scholar, historian, and philologist Nicola Chetta – Byzantine rite priest, ethnographic, writer and poet [ 19 ] Giuseppe Crispi – Priest and philologist, one of the major figures of the Arbëresh community of Sicily of his time [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]