Saint Savina (Italian: Santa Savina) (died 311) was a Milanesemartyr under Diocletian. Her feast day is the 30th of January. She gave aid to Christian prisoners and also ensured that they received proper burials after their executions, and for this reason she was martyred. Tradition states that she died while praying at the tomb of Saints Nabor and Felix.[1]
Saint Savina of Milan
Right-side nave of Sant'Ambrogio basilica in Milan. Saint Savina's grave, above the altar in Santa Savina chapel (rebuilt in 1868 to house the relics of the saint).
^The Book of Saints, compiled by the Benedictine monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate, 6th edn (London: A & C Black, 1989), s.v. Savina (St). ISBN0-304-34357-9.
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