# Saint Rosalia

> A twelfth-century hermit who lived in a cave on a Sicilian mountain, invoked against plague for eight centuries — and again in 2020, when Palermo turned to her during COVID-19.

*Italian saint of Palermo, honored for divine intermediation during the plague there*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/saint-rosalia

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 1130
- **Died:** 1170-09-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Rosalia was born in 1130 and withdrew from the world to live as a hermit on Monte Pellegrino, outside Palermo. She died there in 1166, a virgin who had chosen solitude over the life her station might have offered. Centuries later, she became the city's patron saint, her intercession sought especially when disease arrived. That pull endured: she is venerated not only in Palermo but in Camargo, Chihuahua, and three Venezuelan towns. When the pandemic reached Sicily in 2020, some citizens invoked her name again, the old reflex unbroken.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 56.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.2 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 22.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 12.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q254402)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Rosalia)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Saint%20Rosalia)
- [القديسه روزاليا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%87_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7)
- [Розалия (светица)](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F_(%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0))
- [Rosalia de Palerm](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalia_de_Palerm)
- [Svatá Rozálie](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svat%C3%A1_Roz%C3%A1lie)
- [Rosalia (Heilige)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalia_(Heilige))
- [Rozalia de Palermo](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rozalia_de_Palermo)
- [Rosalía de Palermo](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosal%C3%ADa_de_Palermo)
- [Püha Rosalia](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%BCha_Rosalia)
- [Rosalia Palermokoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalia_Palermokoa)
- [Pyhä Rosalia](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyh%C3%A4_Rosalia)
- [Rosalie de Palerme](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalie_de_Palerme)
- [Rosalía de Palermo](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosal%C3%ADa_de_Palermo)
- [Sveta Rozalija](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveta_Rozalija)
- [Rosalia dari Palermo](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalia_dari_Palermo)
- [Rosalia mey](https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalia_mey)
- [Santa Rosalia](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Rosalia)
- [聖ロザリア](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%81%96%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B6%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2)
- [Rosalia Panormitana](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalia_Panormitana)
- [Rosalia van Palermo](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalia_van_Palermo)
- [Rozalia z Palermo](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rozalia_z_Palermo)
- [Rosalìa](https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosal%C3%ACa)
- [Rosália de Palermo](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ros%C3%A1lia_de_Palermo)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Santa_Rosalia)
- [Sint Rosalia](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint_Rosalia)
- [القديسة روزاليا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A9_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7)

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