- Restituta
Infobox Saint
name=Saint Restituta
birth_date=?
death_date=304
feast_day=May 17
venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church 
imagesize=130px
caption= Depiction of Restituta.
birth_place=Carthage orBizerte , (Tunisia )
death_place=Tunisia
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patronage=Lacco Ameno
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issues=Saint Restituta ("Santa Restituta of Africa" – 304) is a
saint andmartyr of theRoman Catholic Church . [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4587 Catholic.org] ]Biography
She was said to be born at
Carthage or at "Hippo Diarrhytus " (today known as Bizerte,Tunisia ) and became a martyr underDiocletian . The exact place and time of her martyrdom lacks precise historical data. [ [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/53650 Santa Restituta d'Africa (o di Teniza) ] ] She is sometimes considered one of theMartyrs of Abitina , a group ofNorth African martyrs that incluyes Dativus, Saturninus, and others. [ [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/53650 Santa Restituta d'Africa (o di Teniza) ] ]Legend
A later medieval legend, recounted by Pietro Suddiacono in the 10th century [Recounted in http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/53650] and similar to legends associated with Saints
Devota , Reparata, andTorpes of Pisa , states that after being horribly tortured, Restituta was placed in a blazing boat loaded withoakum andresin . Restituta was unharmed by the fire, and asked for aid from God. God sent anangel to guide her boat to the island of "Aenaria" (present-dayIschia ), and she landed at the present-day site of San Montano. The legend further states that a local Christian woman named Lucina had dreamt of the angel and the boat. When she walked to the beach, she found the resplendent and incorrupt body of Restituta, who was now dead. Lucina gathered the population together and the saint was solemnly buried at the foot of Monte Vico inLacco Ameno , where apaleochristian basilica was dedicated to her, and is now the site of a sanctuary dedicated to her. [ [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/53650 Santa Restituta d'Africa (o di Teniza) ] ]Veneration
However, the spread of her cult from North Africa to
Italy is historically associated with the expulsion of Catholics from North Africa byGenseric , king of theVandals , who followed the Arian sect. Her relics may have been brought to Naples in the fifth century byGaudiosus of Naples when he was exiled from North Africa. [ [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/90237 San Gaudioso di Abitine ] ]A church,
Santa Restituta , was built in her honour inNaples in the sixth century.The church was then incorporated into the
Cathedral of Naples built on the same site in the 13th century.She is the
patron saint of Lacco Ameno. [ [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintr10.htm Catholic-Forum.com] ] She is especially venerated on the island of Ischia and at Lacco Ameno, where she is celebrated in a three-day celebration running from May 16 to May 18. [ [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/90237 San Gaudioso di Abitine ] ]A
crypt associated with Restituta can be found atCagliari , in the neighborhood of Stampace. [ [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/53650 Santa Restituta d'Africa (o di Teniza) ] ]Lamartine , inspired by the legend of the saint, composed in 1842 “Le lis du golfe de Santa Restituta dans l’ìle d’Ischia.” [ [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/53650 Santa Restituta d'Africa (o di Teniza) ] ]ee also
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Martyrs of Abitina
*Avigliano Umbro in Umbria has a "frazione " called Santa Restituta.References
External links
*it icon [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/53650 Santa Restituta]
Persondata
NAME=Restituta
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Saint and martyr
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PLACE OF BIRTH=Hippo Diarrhytus (Bizerte, Tunisia)
DATE OF DEATH=304
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