Saint Christina of Spoleto

Also known as

• Christina Camozzi
• Christina Visconti (a mispelling that has been perpetuated in several accounts)

Memorial

• 13 February

Profile

Physician‘s daughter. A dissolute youth, she had a sudden and complete conversion, and imposed severe austerities on herself as penance for her earlier life.

Born

• 1435 at Lake Lugano, Italy as Christina Camozzi

Died

• 1458 of natural causes

Beatified

• 1834 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmed)

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Christina of Spoleto“. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 February 2013. Web. 21 May 2013. <>