Saint Benedict the Moor (Benedict of San Fratello)
Born a slave in Sicily to African parents, Benedict was freed at birth and initially led a rigorous life as a hermit before joining the Orde…
Patronage
Palermo
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Saint Christina of Tyre
A ten-year-old child converted to Christianity, Christina suffered martyrdom under the orders of her own father, prefect of Tyre in Tuscany.…
Saint Lawrence Justinian
Born into the Venetian nobility, Lawrence Justinian renounced the world to join the Canons of Saint George in Alga. Becoming the first Patri…
Saint Rosalie of Palermo
Descended from the royal blood of Charlemagne, Rosalie left the Sicilian court at the age of fourteen to live as a solitary in caves on the …