Olivia of Palermo

"Saint Olivia" redirects here. The term may also refer to Oliva of Brescia (5 March) or Oliva of Anagni (3 June).
Saint

Olivia of Palermo
Statue of Olivia in the Cathedral of Palermo
Virgin Martyr
Born448
Palermo, Sicily
Died463
Tunis, Roman Africa
Venerated in
Feast10 June
Patronage

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 towns of Monte San Giuliano, Termini Imerese, Alcamo,[7] Pettineo and Cefalù.

Her feast day is on 10 June,[1][2] and in art she is shown as a young woman surrounded of olive branches, holding a cross in her right hand.[note 1]

  1. ^ a b June 10. Orthodox England: Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Retrieved: 2 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 43.
  3. ^ (in Italian) Sant' Oliva di Palermo Vergine e martire. SANTI, BEATI E TESTIMONI. 10 giugno. Retrieved: February 2, 2015.
  4. ^ (in Italian) Daniele Ronco (2001). Il Maggio di Santa Oliva: Origine Della Forma, Sviluppo Della Tradizione. ETS, Pisa University, IT. 325 pages. pp. 18–19.
  5. ^ (in Italian) Carlo Di Franco. LA PATRONA DIMENTICATA: S.OLIVA. PalermoWeb.com.
  6. ^ Bl. Olivia. Catholic Online.
  7. ^ T. PAPA. La chiesa di S. Oliva in Alcamo. Trapani 1964.


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