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Finding the gems
Jan. 12th, 2010 12:32 amI'm gathering information about various Saints (and Feastdays) of the medieval period. Some of the accounts are ho-hum 'standard stories' but some just tug the heart-strings. True or not, these accounts changed people's lives and inspired them. Like this one:
Seraphina/Fina (d. 1253) In 1238 Seraphina was born to poor parents in San Geminiano (Tuscany). She contracted a fatal illness around age 10, became paralyzed, and spent the rest of her life desperately repenting her sins (apparently the worst of them was that she had once accepted an orange from a boy) and showing great patience and perseverance in the face of her physical trials. Before her death she was credited with a great many miracles; in a vision, Gregory the Great told her she would die on his feast day... and she did - at the moment of her death all the bells in town started ringing, flowers bloomed on the plank on which she lay, etc. She was 15 when she died. People in this area of Tuscany have named the white violets which bloom at this time after their patron.
Seraphina/Fina (d. 1253) In 1238 Seraphina was born to poor parents in San Geminiano (Tuscany). She contracted a fatal illness around age 10, became paralyzed, and spent the rest of her life desperately repenting her sins (apparently the worst of them was that she had once accepted an orange from a boy) and showing great patience and perseverance in the face of her physical trials. Before her death she was credited with a great many miracles; in a vision, Gregory the Great told her she would die on his feast day... and she did - at the moment of her death all the bells in town started ringing, flowers bloomed on the plank on which she lay, etc. She was 15 when she died. People in this area of Tuscany have named the white violets which bloom at this time after their patron.
