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{{for|the islands with this name in antiquity|Chelidonia (islands)}} {{Infobox saint | honorific_prefix = Saint |name= Chelidonia |birth_date= |death_date= 1152 |feast_day= 13 October |venerated_in= Roman Catholic Church |image= Chelidonia.jpg |imagesize= 250px |caption= Illustration of Chelidonia |birth_place= Ciculum, Abruzzi, Italy |death_place= Subiaco, Italy |titles= |beatified_date= |beatified_place= |beatified_by= |canonized_date= |canonized_place= |canonized_by= |attributes= |patronage= Subiaco, Italy |major_shrine= Church of St. Scholastica Subiaco, Italy |suppressed_date= |issues= }} '''Chelidonia''' was a Benedictine hermitess. She was born in Ciculum, Italy, and became a recluse in the mountains near Subiaco, choosing a home, as a hermitess, in a cave now called Marra Ferogna. Chelidonia later received her habit from Cardinal Cuno of Frascati.<ref>[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2662 St. Chelidonia] Catholic Online</ref>

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