seventh century Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Died
~665 AD Naples, Italy
Venerated in
Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast
August 25
Patronage
Naples (co-patron)
Patricia of Naples (or Patricia of Constantinople) (Italian: Santa Patrizia) (died ca. 665 AD) is an Italian virgin and saint. Tradition states that she was noble; she may have been related to the Roman Emperor.[1] Some sources say that she was a descendant of Constantine the Great.[2] The particulars traditional about her are unreliable and in some instances contradictory.[3]
Wishing to escape a marriage arranged by Constans II and become a nun, she went to Rome. There she received the veil from Pope Liberius. Upon the death of her father, she returned to Constantinople and, renouncing any claim to the imperial crown, distributed her wealth to the poor. She then planned to go on pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
However, a terrible storm shipwrecked her on the shores of Naples. Finding refuge on the tiny island of Megarides (the site of the present-day Castel dell'Ovo), the site of a small hermitage, Patricia died shortly after from disease.
^"St. Patricia of Naples", Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese
^Borelli, Antonio. "Santa Patrizia di Costantinopoli", Santi e Beati, August 27, 2015
^Monks of Ramsgate. “Patritia”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 17 August 2016.
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