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Saint Giustina of Arzano

13 July
3rd Sunday of September (procession commemorates the attempted movement of her relics)

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Young Christian woman in Trieste, Italy who had consecrated herself to God during a period of persecution. A pagan friend of the city‘s imperial consol Fabiano sought Giuliana in marriage, but she refused, and was discovered to be a Christian. She was arrested, ordered to renouce her faith, and when she would not, sentenced to death. Martyr.

Died

arrows fired at her would not strike her, and the archers would suddenly sweat blood
beheaded in Trieste, Italy
her body was transported to a planned burial site in Sicily, Italy; when the ox pulling the cart reached Arzano, Italy, it refused to go further; the people took this as a sign that the saint wished to stay there
skull enshrined in a glass case in the church of San Martino in Torre d’Arese, Italy
legend says that on the 3rd Sunday of September in 1670, the bishop of Pavia, Italy tried to take her relics to his city; when he reached the city limits of Arzano, a massive thunderstorm began, stopping the travellers; if they retreated back into the city, the storm would lessen; when they approached the limits again, it would get worse; when the bishop returned the relics to their original location, the storm stopped and the sun came out; a procession of her relics is still held on the 3rd Sunday in September, but they people are careful never to leave the city limits