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ST ROSALIA - 4th SEPTEMBER

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1. St Rosalia was a hermitess; greatly venerated in Sicily of which she in patroness. Her feast is celebrated on September 4. A special feast of the translation of her relics is kept in Sicily July 15.
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2. Churches were dedicated in her honour in 1237. Her Vita says:
She was the daughter of Sinibald, Lord of Quisquina and of Rosa, descended from the family of Charlemagne; in youthful days she left home and hid herself in a cave near Bivona and later another of Monte
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3. Pellegrino near Palermo, in which she died and was buried. In 1624 her remains were discovered and brought to the Cathedral of Palermo. Urban VIII put her name into the Roman Martyrology.

Whether before her retirement she belonged to a religious community, is not known.
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