Saint Bona of Pisa
Profile
Mystic and visionary from her childhood. Augustinian tertiary by age 10. Pilgrim to the Holy Lands at age 14, travelling to see her father who was fighting in the Crusades. On the way home she was captured and imprisoned by Islamic pirates in the Mediterranean, but was rescued by fellow Pisan Christians. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy. Pilgrim to Santiago de Compostela, Spain nine times, leading groups of pilgrims each time, which led to several of her areas of patronage.
Born
- air hosts
- air hostesses (proclaimed for Italian air hostesses by Pope John XXIII on 2 March 1962)
- air stewards
- couriers
- flight attendants
- guides
- pilgrims
- Pisa, Italy
- stewardesses
- travellers
MLA Citation
- “Saint Bona of Pisa“. CatholicSaints.Info. 17 March 2024. Web. 20 April 2024. <>