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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.
The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (English: National Academy of St Cecilia) is one of the oldest musical institutions in the world, founded by the papal bull Ratione congruit, issued by Sixtus V in 1585, which invoked two saints prominent in Western musical history: Gregory the Great, for whom the Gregorian chant is named, and Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music.
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
The world premiere was at Koningshoeven Abbey on Saint Cecilia's feast day, 2014. [33] Benjamin Britten wrote a Hymn to St Cecilia, a setting for the poem by W. H. Auden. Paul Simon wrote the 1970 song "Cecilia" which title refers to the patron saint of music. [34] Lou Harrison wrote his Mass for St. Cecilia's Day for choir, harp, and drone ...
Olivia Rodrigo, Tyler, the Creator, Luke Combs and Hozier are the headliners for the 2025 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, taking place June 12-15 on the Bonnaroo Farm, located just 60 miles ...
Joan Didion died in 2021 but her impact seems to grow on artists, musicians and filmmakers, from Olivia Rodrigo to Greta Gerwig.
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