Saint Silvia

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Saint Silvia
Saint Silvia by an altar painter; her eyes are erroneously depicted as dark instead of blue.
Born	c. 515 AD Rome or Sicily
Died	c. 592 AD
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast	3 November
Patronage	Invoked by pregnant women for a safe delivery

Silvia, or Sylvia, (c. 515 – c. 592) was the mother of Gregory the Great. She is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church,^[1] which names her a patroness of pregnant women.