Fusca of Ravenna is a child martyr killed ca. 250 AD in Ravenna, Italy under the persecutions of Decius. Her nurse, Marura, was martyred with her. She is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. [1]
The presence of a column painting of the saint at the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem has provoked scholarly interest. [2]
Notes
- ^ "CatholicSaints.Info » Blog Archive » Saint Fusca of Ravenna".
- ^ Hunt, Lucy-Anne (1991). "Art and Colonialism: The Mosaics of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem (1169) and the Problem of "Crusader" Art". Dumbarton Oaks Papers. 45: 69–85. doi: 10.2307/1291693. ISSN 0070-7546. JSTOR 1291693.
