Saint Fina
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Fina (Serafina) (1238–1253) was an Italian Christian girl who is venerated in the Tuscan town of San Gimignano. She developed a paralytic illness and spent the rest of her life on a bed made from a wooden pallet, where Saint Gregory the Great allegedly appeared to her to predict her death. Miraculous healings were later attributed to her intercession.
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Born | 1238 San Gimignano, Italy |
Died | 12 March [O.S. 5 March] 1253 San Gimignano, Italy |
Venerated in | San Gimignano, Italy |
Feast | March 12 and 1st Sunday of August |
Attributes | Violets, depicted with Saint Gregory the Great, or lying on her wooden board |
Patronage | disabled people, spinners |
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Fina is celebrated in San Gimignano on both March 12, the anniversary of her death, and the first Sunday in August. Her relics are kept in a chapel in the Collegiata di San Gimignano. A hospital in San Gimignano was formerly named in her honor and several paintings of her can be found in the town.