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Name Civita
Gender Feminine
Usage Italian
Pronounced Pron. CHEE-vee-tah
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Meaning & History
Means "city, town", taken from the Italian title of the Virgin Mary #Madonna della Civita#, which refers to a sacred image of the Virgin discovered on Mount Civita by a shepherd whose deaf-muteness was miraculously cured by it. Madonna della Civita is the patron of Itri, Lazio, where the painting is housed in a sanctuary.
Feast day: 21 July