Galla was the daughter of RomanpatricianSymmachus the Younger, who was appointed consul in 485. Galla was also the sister-in-law of Boethius.[1] Her father, Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus, was condemned to death, unjustly, by Theodoric in 525. Galla had been married at a relatively young age, but was soon widowed, just over a year after her marriage.[2]
Being wealthy, she decided to retreat to the Vatican Hill, and founded a hospital and a convent near St. Peter's Basilica. Galla is reputed to have once healed a deaf and mute girl, by blessing some water, and giving it to the girl to drink. Galla remained there for the rest of her life, tending to the sick and poor, before dying in 550.
Hospice and church of St. Galla
According to tradition, in 524 in the portico of the house of Santa Galla, an icon of the Mother of God appeared in the pantry where the saint kept the food for the poor. An oratory, Santa Maria in Portico, was built on the site to house the icon, which was said to be carried in processions since 590 to avert the plague.[3] The Hospice of St. Galla, an overnight shelter for paupers, was established next door by Pope Celestine III. When the icon was transferred to the newly built Santa Maria in Campitelli, Santa Maria in Portico began to be called Santa Galla Antiqua in honor of its foundress.[4]
The new church dedicated to St. Galla, located in the Ostiense quarter, was consecrated in 1940.
Galla is one of the 140 saints whose images adorn St. Peter's Square's colonnade.[6]
Referencesedit
^Holweck, Frederick George. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints, B. Herder Book Company, 1924, p. 412
^ abMershman, Francis. "St. Galla." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 19 November 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^Schofield, Nicholas. "Santa Maria in Campitelli: an old Roman church with strong British connections", Venerable English College, Rome, 26 February 2020
^Abbé Laumonier. The Pilgrim's Guide to Rome, R. & T. Washbourne, 1900, p.93
^Butler, Alban. "St. Galla, Widow", The Lives of the Saints. 1866
^Schofield, Nicholas. "Santa Maria in Campitelli: an old Roman church with strong British connections", Venerable English College, Rome, 26 February 2020
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "St. Galla". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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Colonnade Statue in St Peter's Square
December 18, 2023
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