San Francesco d'Assisi a Ripa Grande


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Chapel of the Holy Family
Underneath the altar are enshrined the relics of one St Leontia, who is depicted as a wax figure dressed up and lying in a glass box. The label states "The body of St Leontia, martyr, name provided". This indicates that the individual was anonymous, having been exhumed from a catacomb. Her status as a matyr was, at best, a guess.