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Depicted as a young woman, sometimes holding a cross, book, or skull, and also a spray of lilies. [1] Some images show her holding a chisel and hammer with which she carved her dedication (see main story). She is also seen wearing a crown of roses, attended by winged angels, and often with a view through a cave opening of Palermo Harbour. Patronage
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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; Pope Stephen III (723–772), Pope from 768 to his death
Pages in category "People from the Metropolitan City of Palermo" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1624 the construction sanctuary at this site was patronized by the senate of Palermo and the cardinal archbishop Giannetino Doria. Since the 12th-century and linked to Rosalia, there appears to have been prior chapels or churches at this mountain which appears to have been a locus attracting religious hermits, much like Rosalia herself.
Benedict died at the age of 65 and, it is claimed, on the very day and hour which he had predicted. At the entrance of his cell in the Franciscan friary of St. Mary of Jesus, there is a plaque with the inscription: "This is the cell where Saint Benedict lived", and the dates of his birth and death – 1524 and 1589.
The saint's remains (she died in 1166) were said to have been found on Mount Pellegrino on 15 July 1624, the same year as the painting was executed. The piece was bought or commissioned by Antonio Ruffo, a Sicilian nobleman and art collector, who later also owned Aristotle with a Bust of Homer by Rembrandt, which he commissioned in 1653, and who was patron to Matthias Stom.
Saint Rosalia Interceding for the City of Palermo (c. 1624-1629) by Anthony van Dyck. Saint Rosalia Interceding for the City of Palermo is an oil on canvas painting of Saint Rosalia by Anthony van Dyck, now in the Museo de Arte de Ponce in Puerto Rico, which acquired it at auction at Sotheby's in London on 7 December 1960.