Olivia of Palermo
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Olivia of Palermo (Italian: Oliva dì Palermo, Sicilian: Uliva di Palermu), Palermo, 448 – Tunis, 10 June 463,[3][4] while according to another tradition she is supposed to have lived in the late 9th century AD in the Muslim Emirate of Sicily[5][6] is a Christian virgin-martyr who was venerated as a local patron saint of Palermo, Sicily, since the Middle Ages, as well as in the Sicilian towns of Monte San Giuliano, Termini Imerese, Alcamo,[7] Pettineo and Cefalù.
"Saint Olivia" redirects here. The term may also refer to Oliva of Brescia (5 March) or Oliva of Anagni (3 June).
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Born | 448 Palermo, Sicily |
Died | 463 Tunis, Roman Africa |
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Feast | 10 June |
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Her feast day is on 10 June,[1][2] and in art she is shown as a young woman surrounded of olive branches, holding a cross in her right hand.[note 1]