Saint Reparata


Reparata
Virgin martyr
BornCaesarea Maritima, Palestine
Died3rd century AD
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Feast8 October
Attributesbearing crown and palm of a martyr; dove; banner with a red cross on a white field; sometimes depicted with St. Ansanus[1]
PatronageNice, France; Florence, Italy

Reparata (Italian: Santa Reparata, French: Sainte Réparate) was, according to a later tradition, a third-century virgin, who was martyred for her Christian faith in her hometown of Caesarea, Roman Province of Palestine, and later canonised by the Catholic Church.[2]

  1. ^ Jameson, Anna (1857). Sacred and Legendary Art. Longman, Brown, Green. p. 648.
  2. ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Reparata Archived 2008-03-30 at the Wayback Machine