Reparata | |
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| Virgin martyr | |
| Born | Caesarea Maritima, Palestine |
| Died | 3rd century AD |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast | 8 October |
| Attributes | bearing crown and palm of a martyr; dove; banner with a red cross on a white field; sometimes depicted with St. Ansanus[1] |
| Patronage | Nice, 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]
- ^ Jameson, Anna (1857). Sacred and Legendary Art. Longman, Brown, Green. p. 648.
- ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Reparata Archived 2008-03-30 at the Wayback Machine