October 5, 2021

St. Galla (d. 550) was a widowed Roman noblewoman. She was the daughter of Quintus Aurelius Symmachus. She married and was widowed within a year. Galla joined a community of pious woman on Vatican Hill, Italy. She lived there, caring for the sick and poor until cancer claimed her life. Pope St. Gregory wrote about her, and St. Fulgentius of Ruspe delivered a treatise, in her honor.

St. Galla please pray for cancer patients to recover quickly.