Fusca of Ravenna

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Fusca of Ravenna
Borncca 235
Ravenna or Sabratah [1]
DiedFebruary 13, 250
Ravenna
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Feast February 13th
Patronage youth [2]

Fusca of Ravenna is a child martyr killed ca. 250 AD in Ravenna, Italy under the persecutions of Decius. Her nurse, Maura, was martyred with her. She is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. [3] Her feast day is February 13th. [1]

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Life

Her father was nobleman in Ravenna. [2] She was raised by her father's slave Maura. [2] They both were baptised by the priest Ermolar. [2] Her father reported them to local judge who sentenced them to death on February 13, 250. [2] Fusca was reportedly 15-year old at the time of her martyrdom. [2]

Veneration

Her grave became a place of pilgrimage shortly after her death. [2] During barbaric invasions in Italy, her body was hidden at the Torcello island near Venice. [2] A church was erected on the place of her burial in the 12th century. [2]

There are four churches dedicated to her in Istria. [2] In Croatian, she is known and venerated under the name Foška. [1] [2]

The presence of a column painting of the saint at the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem has provoked scholarly interest. [4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Fusca". Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon (in German).
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Ružin, Marijan (February 2025). "Vječno mlada Foška" [Eternaly young Foška]. Mali koncil (in Croatian). Vol. LX, no. 598. p. 15. ISSN   1331-2731.
  3. ↑ "CatholicSaints.Info » Blog Archive » Saint Fusca of Ravenna".
  4. ↑ Hunt, Lucy-Anne (1991). "Art and Colonialism: The Mosaics of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem (1169) and the Problem of "Crusader" Art". Dumbarton Oaks Papers. 45: 69–85. doi:10.2307/1291693. ISSN   0070-7546. JSTOR   1291693.
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