NAMES	SAINT IRENE                 SAINT MARIA EGIZIACA                 SAINT  RESTITUTA                 SAINT  RITA                 SAINT MARIA MADDALENA dei PAZZI                 SAINT MARIA MADDALENA PENITENTE                 SAINT  ANNA                 SAINT CHIARA                 SAINT  PATRIZIA                 SAINT CANDIDA                 SAINT MARIA FRANCESCA delle                                          CINQUE PIAGHE                 SAINT TERESA d’AVILA                 SAINT GERTRUDE                 SAINT  LUCIA
PLACES	NAPLES
THE FACTS	Naples has always been a city where  faith and traditions have filled everybody’s life. In this context is no wonder that many religious figures have dominated the life and culture  and are strongly worshipped by the population. On the other hand, Naples has also been associated with women figures and myths from Parthenope on. These two trends seem to  join  in the great number of Patron Saint ladies of the town. Some of them are not Neapolitan  such as Saint anna or Saint Maddalena, but others lived and worked in Naples leaving their strong marks there. These are : Saint Candida, Saint Restituta, Saint Patrizia and saint Maria Francesca delle Cinque Piaghe.