RafalinaChristian Male Biblical name meaning

Rafalina of Palermo, also known as Santa Ragina, was a Christian martyr from Sicily who lived during the Roman Empire. She is believed to have been a young woman who was tortured and killed for refusing to renounce her faith. According to legend, she was tortured with a millstone which was rolled over her body, but she remained unharmed and her faith unshaken. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church and her feast day is celebrated on May 26.

Roman Empire, 3rd to 5th century AD

Saint Rafalina of Foligno, also known as Santa Raffaella or Raffaella of Foligno, was a Christian mystic and stigmatized nun from Italy who lived during the Late Middle Ages. She is believed to have experienced mystical visions and stigmata, the wounds of Christ, from the age of twenty-one until her death. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church and her feast day is celebrated on January 24.

Late Middle Ages, 13th century AD