Justina of Padua
| Saint Justina of Padua | |
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 Saint Justina by Bartolomeo Montagna |
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| Martyr | |
| Died | ~ 304 AD |
| Honored in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast | October 7 |
| Attributes | young woman setting a cross on the head of the devil while holding a lily in her hand; young woman with a crown, palm, and sword; young woman with a palm, book, and a sword in her breast; young woman with a unicorn, symbolizing virginity, and palm; young woman with both breasts pierced by one sword; young woman with Saint Prosdocimus; depicted as nun; young woman with Saint Scholastica |
| Patronage | Padua; Palmanova |
Saint Justina (Justine) of Padua (Italian: Santa Giustina) is a Christian saint who was said to have been martyred in 304 AD. Justina was said to have been a young woman who took private vows of chastity and was killed during the persecutions of Diocletian. She is a patron saint of Padua.
Medieval histories described her as a disciple of Saint Peter the Apostle. Thus, Saint Prosdocimus, the first bishop of Padua, is said to have been Justina's spiritual father; his histories states that he was sent from Antioch by Peter.
She is mentioned in Foxe's Book of Martyrs.
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[edit] Veneration
The basilica and Abbey of Santa Giustina in Padua, houses art dedicated to the saint, including the Martyrdom of St. Justine by Paolo Veronese. The Abbey complex was founded in the 5th century on Justine's tomb, and in the 15th century became one of the most important monasteries in the area, until it was suppressed by Napoleon in 1810. In 1919 it was reopened. The tombs of several saints are housed in the interior, including those of Justina, Prosdocimus, St. Maximus, St. Urius, St. Felicitas, St. Julian, as well as relics of the Apostle St. Matthias and the Evangelist St. Luke.
Charles Borromeo dedicated a college at Pavia to her.
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Basilica of Saint Justina, Padua.
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Saint Justina with the Unicorn, circa 1530, by Moretto da Brescia.
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Paolo Veronese, The Martyrdom of St. Justine
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