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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 ...
The foundation of the Church of Saint Olivia dates back to 1533. [1] [2] [3] Initially, the church had a nave and two aisles, in gothic-Catalan style.In 1687 the Night Congregation of the Seven Pains, formed by artists, was founded in this church.
Saint Barbara, patron saint of artillerymen, with a cannon. Academics - Thomas Aquinas, Albert the Great; Actors - Genesius [1] Comic actors - Maturinus; Accountants - Matthew; Advertisers - Bernardino of Siena [2] Air travellers - Joseph of Cupertino; Altar servers - John Berchmans, [3] Tarcisius, Lorenzo Ruiz; Ambassadors - Gabriel the Archangel
Saint Oliva (or Olivia) (†138) was martyred under Hadrian; her relics are venerated at Saint Afra's Church, Brescia. Her feast day is 5 March. External links
Bassianus of Lodi (c. 320– c. 409), bishop and saint; Mamilian of Palermo (died 460), bishop and saint; Olivia of Palermo (448-463), martyr and saint; Pope Agatho (575–681), Pope from 678 to his death, saint; Pope Leo II (611–683), Pope from 682 to his death, saint; Pope Sergius I (650–701), Pope from 687 to his death, saint
Francesco Laurana, Dalmatian/Italian sculptor and medallist whose religious art includes statues of saints and Mary [284] [285] [286] Tommaso Laureti, Noted work in Santa Susanna and a fresco series on a post-Council of Trent triumphalist theme for Pope Gregory XIII [287] [288] Bernardo de Legarda, Quito School sculptor noted for Marian ...
Catherine of Bologna [Caterina de' Vigri] (8 September 1413 – 9 March 1463) [2] [3] was an Italian Poor Clare, writer, teacher, mystic, artist, and saint.The patron saint of artists and against temptations, Catherine de' Vigri was venerated for nearly three centuries in her native Bologna before being formally canonized in 1712 by Pope Clement XI.
Lavinia Fontana (24 August 1552–11 August 1614) was an Italian Mannerist painter active in Bologna and Rome.She is best known for her successful portraiture, but also worked in the genres of mythology and religious painting.