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Feastday: November 5
Patron of Pregnant Women

St. Sylvia, Mother of St. Gregory the Great (Feast - November 5) The Church venerates the sanctity of Sylvia and Gordian, the parents of St. Gregory the Great, as well as his two aunts, Tarsilla and Emiliana. St. Sylvia was a native of the region of Sicily while St. Gordian, her husband, came from the vicinity of Rome. They had two sons: Gregory and another whose name has not survived the ages. Gordian died about 573 and Gregory converted his paternal home into a monastery. Sylvia therefore retired to a solitary and quasi-monastic life in a little abode near the Church of St. Sava on the Aventine. It became her custom frequently to send fresh vegetables to her son on a silver platter. One day, when Gregory found himself with nothing to give a poor beggar, he presented him with the platter. St. Sylvia is thought to have gone on to her heavenly reward between 592 and 594. After her death, the holy Pontiff had a picture of both his parents depicted in the Church of St. Andrew. In the sixteenth century, Pope Clement VIII had St. Sylvia inscribed in the Roman Martyrology.

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Joanofark
5 months ago
Someone asked what mirackes she performed. i think raising a Saint in the stature of the Great St Gregory is pretty impressive indeed! Some...., many in fact, have become Saints without any miraculous works whatsoever, or even without any noted works or writibgs at all. ths is the hopeful fate of most of us! In fact it is best to be humble and quiet livng out our vocation, as God has given us to do, quietly and with love, (i am telling myself this)... Miracles are not required to become a Saint. Live, love, glorigy The Lord!
ijeoma
1 year ago
I Love everything about her she is my patron.
okafor Sylvia
1 year ago
i want to know more about her, d way she lived her life as ayoung girl, hw she encountered God
ighokaro okoro
2 years ago
i would love to know more on the parents of st. sylvia and the background she grew up from. i would also wish to know the kind of person she was? thanks
zalwango sylivia
3 years ago
what's her complete story and what is miraculous about her?
okonkwo chinenyes sylvia
4 years ago
what are her conducts. how does she behave? i really want to know. her mode of life. and her lifestyle.

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