Saint Fina
Fina | |
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Fresco of Fina painted by Benozzo Gozzoli | |
| Virgin | |
| Born | 1238 San Gimignano, Florentine Republic |
| Died | 12 March [O.S. 5 March] 1253 San Gimignano, Florentine Republic |
| Venerated in | San Gimignano, Italy |
| Feast | March 12 and 1st Sunday of August |
| Attributes | violets, with Saint Gregory the Great, or lying on her wooden board |
Fina (Serafina) (1238–1253) was an Italian Christian virgin who is especially 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, according to legends, Saint Gregory the Great appeared to her to predict her death.