Galla
Martyrological notice
At Rome, of St. Galla, widow, daughter to Symmachus the consul, who, after the death of her husband, persevered many years at St. Peter's church in prayer, alms, fasting, and other good works, whose most happy departure St. Gregory, pope, has left written.
The Lives Of The Saints: Volume 11, October, Pt. 1 · S. GALLA, W.
S. GALLA, W.
(about a.d. 546.)
[Roman Martyrology. Authority : — Mention by S. Gregory the Great in his Dialogues, iv. 13 ; and the letters of S. Fulgentius to her.]
At the time when the Goths were masters of Italy, there lived in Rome a young lady of high birth, daughter of the consul and patrician Symmachus. She was married when very young, and after a year was left a widow. On the
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Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
Romae sanctae Gallae Viduae, filiae Symmachi Consulis, quae, viro suo defuncto, apud Ecclesiam beati Petri multis annis orationi, eleemosynis, jejuniis aliisque sanctis operibus intenta permansit; cujus felicissimnm transitum sanctus Gregorius Papa descripsit.