September 4
On this day the Catholic Church remembers
St. Rosalia

St. Rosalia

virgin, hermit · 1130 – 1166
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
— Ps 42:3

A noblewoman of Palermo who gave up court life and lived as a hermit in a cave on Monte Pellegrino. In 1624, during a plague, she revealed where her remains lay; after they were carried in procession, the plague ceased. She is the patroness of Palermo.

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