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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.
Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln was never actually canonised, making the moniker "Little Saint Hugh" a misnomer. He was for a short while acclaimed by local people as a saint but never officially recognised as one. [49] Over time, the issue of the rush to sainthood was raised, and Hugh was never canonised, [50] nor included in Catholic martyrology.
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
In response to Jesus’ words on the cross to Saint John the Apostle, '(Gospel of John 19:27)':“Behold, Your Mother” as His Blood ran down the cross, the mission of the Servants is to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary as Mother and protectress of the country, by working to promote and extend devotion to the Mother of God under the title of Our ...
Olivia Hussey as Mother Teresa; Sebastiano Somma as Father Serrano: a Vatican priest sent to evaluate Mother Teresa's application for the founding of the Missionaries of Charity. Initially sceptical, he eventually becomes a follower of Mother Teresa. Michael Mendl as Celeste van Exem: Mother Teresa's long-time spiritual director.
Robert Peace’s life was cut short, but his legacy will live on in Chiwetel Ejiofor’s new movie, “Rob Peace.” The Oscar nominee directed, adapted and costars in the drama based on the book ...
Agostina Pietrantoni (27 March 1864 – 13 November 1894) born Livia Pietrantoni, was an Italian religious sister of the Sisters of Divine Charity. [1] Pietrantoni worked as a nurse in the Santo Spirito hospital in Rome where she tended to ill victims in a tuberculosis ward before a patient murdered her in 1894. [2]