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𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓
St. Rosalia, daughter of Sinibald, Lord of Roses and Quisquina, was a descendant of the great Charlemagne. She was born at Palermo in Sicily. In her youth, her heart turned from earthly vanities to God. She left her home and took up her abode in a cave, on the walls of which she wrote these words: “I, Rosalia, daughter of Sinibald, Lord of Roses and Quisquina, have taken the resolution to live in this cave for the love of my Lord, Jesus Christ.” She remained there entirely hidden from the world.
She practiced great mortifications and lived in constant communion with God. Afterward she transferred her abode to Mount Pellegrino, about three miles from Palermo, in order to triumph entirely over the instincts of flesh and blood, in sight of her paternal home. She is said to have appeared after death and to have revealed that she spent several years in a little excavation near the grotto. She died alone, in 1160, ending her strange and wonderful life unknown to the world. Her body was discovered several centuries later, in 1625, during the pontificate of Pope Urban VIII. Her feast day is September 4th.
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𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘵. 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢, 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯. 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯. 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯.
