Saint Patricia of Naples
- Memorial
- 25 August
- Profile
- Noble family; possibly related to the emperor.
To escape an arranged marriage, and give herself to the religious life, she made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and then to Rome.
Nun in Rome.
Returned to Constantinople to give away her wealth to the poor.
She then returned to Naples to make a pilgrimage to the tombs of martyrs and apostles.
- Born
- at Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey)
- Died
- c.665 at Naples, Italy of natural causes; a vial of her blood reportedly liquifies periodically
- Patronage
- Naples
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