The Basilica of St Francis

Saint Martina

  • Just like San Galgano, even Saint Martina (third century AD), portrayed in the next painting, came from a noble family The girl was a victim of the Christian persecution ordered by Emperor Severus Alexander, sitting on the far right in the painting. In the foreground, the martyr is pushed by one of the executioners onto the stake, which she miraculously survived. On the left, there is a man . . .