17 May – Saint Restituta

Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Transivimus per ignem, et aquam, et eduxisti nos in refrigerium.
We have passed through fire and water, and thou hast brought us out into a refreshment.
Psalm 65.12
Nunc scio vere, quia misit Dominus Angelum suum.
Now I know in very deed, that the Lord hath sent his angel.
Acts 12.11

Modern Hagiography

Roman Martyrology

Dictionary of Saintly Women

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

Medieval Hagiography

BHL

Acta Sanctorum

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database

There is another Saint Restituta celebrated on the 27th of May, and yet a third celebrated on the 21st, especially on the island of Corsica, who, according to the Bollandists could actually be either the Saint Restituta of the 21st or of the 27th. The website Santi Beati attaches the Corsican cult to today’s Saint Restituta and includes yet another Saint Resituta on this day, the mother of Saint Eusebius of Vercelli.

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

BeWeB & Catalogo generale dei beni culturali [be careful of the two (or more) Restitutas in southern Italy; images with a boat or transport by angels, are today’s Saint Restituta]

POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

Medieval Religion Listserv – 2016 Dillon (focusing on the cult on Corsica and the feast day of the 21st)

Series of panel paintings by Ferdinando Mastriani

Church of Saint Restituta in Naples

Sainte Restitude in Calenzana, Corsica

Crypt of Saint Restituta on Sardinia – “CRYPT OF SANTA RESTITUTA CAGLIARI: A SYMBOL OF THE STAMPACE DISTRICT”

Storie della vita di Santa Restituta in Lacco Ameno by Mastriani Ferdinando, more on the local cult

Saints and their Attributes

The Saints in Art by Joseph Maria von Radowitz.

Emblems of Saints by Which They Are Distinguished in Works of Art by F. C. Husenbeth.