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Devota
Saint Devota ((フランス語:Sainte Dévote); died ca. 303 AD) is the patron saint of Corsica and Monaco. She was killed during the persecutions of Diocletian and Maximian. She is sometimes identified with another Corsican saint named Julia, who was described in Latin as ''Deo devota'' ("devoted to God"). The description was misinterpreted as a proper name.〔(Saint of the Day, January 27 ) Retrieved 2012-03-02.〕 The legend connected with her is similar to those told of other saints of the region, such as Saint Reparata〔Anna Jameson, ''Sacred and Legendary Art'' (Longman, Brown, Green, 1857), 648.〕 and Saint Torpes.
==Legend==
Tradition holds that she was a Corsican woman born around 283 AD at Mariana. A young virgin, she had decided to devote herself fully to the service of God. Devota was part the household of senator Eutychius. During the Diocletian persecution, the prefect Barbarus arrived in Corsica with a fleet and when he learned that the senator was harboring a Christian in his house, demanded that she be given up and compelled to perform the requisite sacrifice to the imperial cult. Eutychius refused, and not wishing to confront him directly, Barbarus arranged to have him poisoned. Devota was imprisoned and tortured for her faith. Her mouth was crushed, and her body was dragged through rocks and brambles. She was martyred at Mariana by being racked or stoned to death.〔(Arduino, Fabio. "Santa Devota", Santa e Beati )〕
After her death, the governor of the province ordered for her body to be burnt to prevent its veneration. However, it was saved from the flames by Christians. Her body was placed on a boat bound for Africa. Gratianus (Graziano), the boat's pilot; Benedict (Benenato), a priest; and Apollinaris, his deacon; believed it would receive proper Christian burial there. However, a storm overtook the boat. A dove appeared and guided the boat to present-day Les Gaumates, today part of the Principality of Monaco, where a chapel dedicated to Saint George stood.〔(Dunbar, Agnes Baillie Cunninghame. "St. Devota", ''A Dictionary of Saintly Women'', Bell, 1904 )〕
In her honor a chapel was built, which stands in Monaco still. Traditionally, flowers are said to bloom before their season on January 27, the saint's feast day.
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