Saint Reparata

Saint

Reparata
Virgin martyr
BornCaesarea Maritima, Palestine
Died3rd century AD
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Feast8 October
Attributesbearing crown and palm of a martyr; dove; banner with a red cross on a white field; sometimes depicted with St. Ansanus
PatronageNice, 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.

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