Giulia della Rena, Italian saint (b. 1319)

Giulia della Rena (1319 – 9 January 1367) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed member of the Order of Saint Augustine in its third order branch. Della Rena was orphaned sometime in her late childhood and sought work as a maid in Florence where she soon became a member of the Augustinian tertiaries. The religious then returned to Certaldo due to the negative Florentine economic and political climate where she became best known for rescuing a child from a burning building.The 1819 confirmation of her local 'cultus' (or popular devotion) – which began almost right after she died – allowed for Pope Pius VII to approve her beatification.