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Savina of Milan
Christian martyr and saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 30 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
311
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Savina of Milan (Italian: Savina di Milano; died 311) was a Milanese Christian martyr who was killed during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, being commemorated on 30 January.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Connected on this site
- Nabor and Felix Saint“Holy tradition states that she died while praying at the tomb of Saints Nabor and Felix.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Nominis (Conference des eveques de France) - Sainte Savine — Widow of Lodi/Milan (+311) whose relics St Charles Borromeo believed he had found; feast 30 January - matches the page. Also Santi e Beati id 91964.
- Wikidata Q7428262 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Savina of Milan (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.