Saint Reparata

Reparata is an early Christian martyr who suffered martyrdom about 250 in Caesarea Maritima in Palestine. The name Reparata comes from Latin and means the Recovered.

Life

The Holy Reparata was executed at the age of 12 years under the Roman emperor Trajan Decius emperor Gaius Messius Quintus in Caesarea (Palestine), according to tradition. She stood by cruel tortures. These included mutilation ( cutting off the breasts and cutting of the intestines ). Legend has it that when the beheading a white dove ascended to heaven.

Your name first appears in the 9th century in an annex to the martyrology of the Anglo-Saxon Benedictine monk, theologian and historian Bede the Venerable.

" Reparata " is also the nickname for the hl. Pelagia; it can not be excluded that the Reparatalegende stands in connection therewith or that it is one and the same Holy.

Worship

The hl. Reparata is especially venerated in Florence and Naples, but also in Worms and Speyer. In Florence, one of the holy Reparata was consecrated Cathedral (Santa Reparata ), about the 1296 from the present cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore was built. A relic of Saint Reparata is located in the 1848 church dedicated to St. Marys at Behnitz in Berlin. The Holy Reparata is the patron saint of Nice and Florence. Especially in Italy, many streets and squares are named after her.

The Memorial of St.. Reparata in the Catholic Church is the 8th of October.