Justina of Padua

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Depiction of St. Justina on an altarpiece by Andrea Mantegna , pierced by the sword, with a book and a martyr's palm in her hands

Justina of Padua († around 304 in Padua ) was a virgin and martyr of the early Church. Her feast day is October 7th .

Life and worship

According to tradition, Justina was sentenced to death as a Christian virgin in Padua during the persecution of Christians under Emperor Diocletian and was pierced with a sword by a soldier immediately afterwards, before the executioner came. She is the patron saint of the city of Padua in Italy .

A church was built over Justina's grave in the 5th century, and a Benedictine abbey was built in the 10th century. The Santa Giustina Abbey developed into one of the most important in the region in the 15th century. It contains the graves of many saints , including Prosdocimus , Maximus, Julian , Felicitas and relics of the Evangelist Luke and the Apostle Matthias .

Because of the victory of the Christians in the naval battle of Lepanto on their memorial day in 1571, she is particularly venerated, for example the Doge of Venice visited the church dedicated to her in a pompous pageant on her memorial day. and her statue adorns the entrance gate to the arsenal .

Web links

Commons : Justina of Padua  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Saint Lexicon
  2. ↑ villa dei vescovi: battaglia_Lepanto
  3. ^ Richard John Goy: Building Renaissance Venice: Patrons, Architects and Builders, c . 1430-1500 . Yale University Press, New Haven, London 2006 ( google books )
personal data
SURNAME Justina of Padua
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Christian virgin, martyr and saint
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century
DATE OF DEATH at 304
Place of death Padua