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The seed of San Diego's Centro Cultural de la Raza was first planted in 1970 at the Ford Building, and inaugurated in its current location on July 11, 1971, as a Chicano Community Cultural Center that functions as an alternative space to encourage and facilitate artistic expression and cultural exchange in the San Diego/Tijuana border region.
Marina: The patron saint of mothers
The patron saint depends on which "Marina" is being referenced, but common examples include Saint Marina of Antioch (also known as Margaret the Virgin) and Saint Marina the Monk. Saint Marina of Antioch is the patron of kidney sufferers and nephrology, as well as expectant mothers, while Marina the Monk is the patron of pregnant women and girls.
Saint Marina of Antioch (Margaret the Virgin)
Patronage: Kidney sufferers, nephrology, and expectant mothers, especially during difficult labor.
Feast Day: July 17.
Background: A virgin martyr from Antioch, she is also known as Margaret in the West. Her story includes overcoming various tortures, including a trial where she was swallowed by a dragon (Satan) but emerged unharmed.
Saint Marina the Monk
Patronage: Pregnant women and girls.
Feast Day: June 18 or July 17, depending on the tradition.
Background: A 5th-century Byzantine monastic who adopted a male disguise to live a life of asceticism with her father, a monk.
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Martina: the patron saint of nursing mothers
Saint Martina of Rome Died 228 Feast Day: January 30 Patronage: Rome, nursing mothers Saint Martina was a Roman virgin martyr. She came from a prosperous family yet gave her wealth away to the poor and devoted her life to prayer. After refusing to sacrifice to idols, she was tortured and beheaded.Jan 30, 2025
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Saint Martina of Rome is the patron saint of Rome and nursing mothers. She was a virgin martyr who was martyred around 228 AD under the Emperor Severus Alexander.
Patronage: Rome and nursing mothers
Feast Day: January 30
Story: A Roman virgin martyr from a wealthy family, she was tortured and beheaded after refusing to renounce her Christian faith and worship idols. Legend says she bled milk instead of blood, which is why she is also a patron saint of nursing mothers.
St. Martina was a Roman virgin martyr who was martyred around 228 A.D. under Emperor Alexander Severus. A noblewoman who gave her wealth to the poor, she was arrested for her Christian faith, subjected to numerous tortures, and finally beheaded. Her feast day is January 30, and she is a patron saint of Rome and nursing mothers.
Life and martyrdom:
Born to a noble Roman family, she was orphaned and gave her inheritance to the poor, while vowing to live a chaste life.
She was arrested for refusing to worship pagan gods.
According to accounts, she survived various tortures, including being scourged, thrown to a lion, and thrown into a burning fire.
Some of her torturers were reportedly converted by her constancy and were subsequently martyred themselves.
She was finally beheaded, an event sometimes said to have been accompanied by signs such as earthquakes and a heavenly voice calling her to ascend, notes Catholic Culture.
Feast day and patronage:
Her feast day is celebrated on January 30.
She is a patron saint of Rome and nursing mothers. Legend has it she is a patron of nursing mothers because milk reportedly flowed from her wounds instead of blood, says Catholic Culture.
Discovery of relics:
Her relics were discovered in 1634 in the ruins of an ancient church near the Mamertine prison in Rome.
The church was restored by Pope Urban VIII, who built a new one in her honor and reportedly composed hymns for her office, according to New Advent.
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