Fusca of Ravenna

Her father was nobleman in Ravenna.^[2] She was raised by her father's slave Maura.^[2] They both were baptised by the priest Ermolar.^[2] Her father reported them to local judge who sentenced them to death on February 13, 250.^[2] Fusca was reportedly 15-year old at the time of her martyrdom.^[2]

Her grave became a place of pilgrimage shortly after her death.^[2] During barbaric invasions in Italy, her body was hidden at the Torcello island near Venice.^[2] A church was erected on the place of her burial in the 12th century.^[2]

There are four churches dedicated to her in Istria.^[2] In Croatian, she is known and venerated under the name Foška.^[1][2]

The presence of a column painting of the saint at the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem has provoked scholarly interest.^[4]