Every little town in Italy could show its saints like the Santa Fina of whom San Gemignano boasts-a girl who lay for seven years on a back-board till her mortified flesh clung to the wood; or the San Bartolo, who, for hideous leprosy, received the title of the Job of Tuscany.
"Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Vol III."
John Symonds
133 Fina, Santa, iii.
"Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Vol III."
John Symonds
156. Fina, S., iii.
"Story of My Life, volumes 1-3"
Augustus J. C. Hare