RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Rosalia

1130 - 1166

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Rosalia (Italian: [rozaˈliːa]; Sicilian: Rusulìa; 1130–1166), nicknamed la Santuzza ("the Little Saint"), is the patron saint of Palermo in Italy, Camargo in Chihuahua, and three towns in Venezuela: El Hatillo, Zuata, and El Playón. She is especially important internationally as a saint invoked in times of plague. From 2020 onwards she has been invoked by some citizens of Palermo to protect the city from COVID-19. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saint Rosalia is the 581st most popular religious figure (down from 522nd in 2019), the 687th most popular biography from Italy (down from 594th in 2019) and the 250th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Saint Rosalia is most famous for being the patron saint of Palermo, Sicily. She is also the patron saint of people who have been bitten by rabid dogs.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Rosalia ranks 581 out of 3,187. Before her are Musa al-Kadhim, Ibn Majah, Kane Tanaka, Francis of Paola, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, and Hasan al-Askari. After her are Marcel Lefebvre, Antipope Alexander V, Parascheva of the Balkans, Pope Donus, Anas ibn Malik, and Paulo Miki.

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Among people born in 1130, Saint Rosalia ranks 4. Before her are Zhu Xi, Pope Clement III, and William of Tyre. After her are Baldwin III of Jerusalem, Toghrul, Géza II of Hungary, Charles VII of Sweden, Rashid ad-Din Sinan, Benjamin of Tudela, Magnus II of Sweden, and Euphrosyne of Kiev. Among people deceased in 1166, Saint Rosalia ranks 3. Before her are Abdul Qadir Gilani, and Ahmad Yasawi. After her are William I of Sicily, Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Provence, Constantine Angelos, and Yasovarman II.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Saint Rosalia ranks 687 out of 5,161. Before her are Francis of Paola (1416), Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Henry of Germany (1211), Giorgio Agamben (1942), Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (1701), and Bona Sforza (1494). After her are Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920), Poppaea Sabina (30), Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833), Cornelia (-97), Pope Donus (610), and Tibullus (-50).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Saint Rosalia ranks 250. Before her are Pope Leo VIII (900), Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1788), Pope Severinus (600), Pope Stephen V (850), Paul the Deacon (720), and Francis of Paola (1416). After her are Pope Donus (610), Beatrice Portinari (1265), Camillus de Lellis (1550), Jacobus da Varagine (1228), Angela Merici (1474), and Peter Lombard (1096).

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