Saint Seraphina
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- Also known as
- Fina
- Memorial
- 12 March
- Profile
- Born poor, and through she stayed that way, she still found ways to help those in worse shape that herself.
A pretty girl, she lived as a hermit in her home, doing chores, giving to the poor when she could, spinning, sewing, and praying through the nights.
Her father died when she was very young.
Soon after, she was stricken with a condition that made any movement painful; she had to be carried everywhere on a board.
She lived the rest of her life in constant suffering, and neglect, which she turned over to God in her constant prayers.
Never joined an order but lived her life under Benedictine rule.
Devoted to Saint Gregory the Great who suffered from a condition like hers.
She received a vision from Saint Gregory who foretold the date of her death.
- Born
- at San Geminiano, Tuscany, Italy
- Died
- 12 March 1253 of natural causes
- Patronage
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disabled people
handicapped people
physically challenged people
spinners
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Society
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