Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XI, 1953 Saints & hagiography Saints

Silvia, Saint

SILVIA, SANTA

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SILVIA, Saint. - Mother of St. Gregory the Great, she is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on November 3, inscribed there by order of Clement VIII.

Of noble lineage, she married Gordian of the Anicii family, by whom she had two sons. Left a widow, she gave a large part of her possessions to found monasteries, especially in Sicily, whence arose the idea that S. was of Sicilian origin. She then withdrew to live in a small house near the church of St. Sabas, where in the 9th century there existed an oratory dedicated to her. Through the good offices of her son, her image was painted, together with that of her husband, in the monastery of St. Andrew on the Clivus Scauri.

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BIBL.: Acta SS. Novembris, I, Brussels 1887, pp. 648-62; Martyr. Romanum, p. 495.

Agostino Amore

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By Agostino Amore

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 601.

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Amore, Agostino. “Silvia, santa.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 601. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/silvia-santa.

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Amore, Agostino. “Silvia, santa.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 601. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/silvia-santa.

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@incollection{ec11_silvia_santa,
  author    = {Amore, Agostino},
  title     = {Silvia, santa},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {601},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/silvia-santa}
}

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