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Fina is the patron saint of the town of San Gimignano.
I imagined the Holy child immersed in his meditation completely imbued in his land: the hair will turn into hills Valdelsa from which come the towers of San Gimignano and yellow flowers (violets of Santa Fina) are the glue to the spiritual and material worlds. To complete the symbolism linked to a mouse Santa leans on the back of the child anticipating what will be part of the martyrdom of Fina.

From Wikipedia:

Fina [1] of Ciardi was born in San Gimignano in 1238. She was the daughter of Change Ciardi and Imperiera, a noble family fallen. He lived around the time of his short life in a modest home located in the historic center of the city towers, in the alley that now bears his name.

Life was very humble and small farmers since the devotion to Our Lady is said to have left the house almost exclusively to go to mass. The news in the first ten years of Fina are almost absent, except for some legends that were released after his death.

The sad turning point in the life of Fina is when in 1248 she was hit by a severe illness (probably a form of tuberculous osteomyelitis or type coxitis). Here began a real ordeal made of pain and family misfortunes and alleviated only by his deep faith. She refused a comfortable couch and decided to remain motionless on a plank of oak. Over time and with an exacerbation of the disease, her body impiagò so much that he clung to the wood of the table and his putrid flesh became food for worms and mice. During his illness he lost his father and then her mother for an accidental fall. Despite these hardships, she in her poverty, she thanked God and wished more and more the separation of his soul to join her husband, Jesus Christ.

This devotion was a great example for all of San Gimignano, who went often to find the poor invalid who surprisingly received words of comfort from a girl who, despite the suffering, appeared calm and resigned to the will of the Lord.

On 4 March 1253, after five years of martyrdom past the harshness of that table, while nurses and Bonaventure attended Beldia inexorable to his imminent passing, St. Gregory the Great, appeared in doleful's room and foretold the death that took place eight days later. And so it was March 12, 1253, when the girl received the last rites and died at the age of fifteen.

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The contest is PremioCeleste italian contest.


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From saturday 12th, July to sunday 10th, August there will be the 13th Watercolours Fair in France, Saint Laurent sur Gorre (Limoges)

There will be watercolourists from France, Belgique, Australia, USA and Italy (me).

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