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St. Lia Born: June 9, 2001 Death: July 6, 2090 Canonized: September 13, 2107 Feast Day: July 23

St. Lia Is the patron saint of art. Performing arts, as in theater, dancing, singing, and acting, and also painting and drawing. She loved art from a very young age, God spoke to her through her art. She went to a catholic school all through grammar school. When she was in second grade, her art was showcased in the bishop's office. She knew then, that art was her vocation. God was calling to her through her talent and love of the arts. Not only did she love having a paintbrish in her hand, but she loved the performing arts. She became involved with dance. She took classes in ballet, jazz, and tap. Soon after that, she found a love in singing joined the choir in third grade. She enjoyed going to different plays and musicals. Her from was to become a famous singer or actress. The only problem was, she had a problem with shyness. Her mother noticed her love of the arts and enrolled her in some acting classes, hoping to help Lia overcome her fear. Unfortunately, the organization did not work out, so she left after a couple months.

When she was in high school, she joined the drama department and started to act. She began to fulfill a talent and love for all of the arts. She started writing a few short books, acting in plays and musicals, dancing, singing, painting, and drawing. This is why St. Lia is known as the patron saint of the arts.St. Lia was able to live a a long and holy life. She died at the age of 89 on July 6, 2090. She was later canonized onSeptember 13. 2107. Her feast day is July 23, because that was known as her gotcha day. St. Lia was adopted from China when she was 13 months old, so her feast day was the day that she was adopted.

St. Lia is most famout for her miracle of the saved children. In China one day, a man decided to set an orphanage on fire. Nbody noticed it until it was too late. The nannies, as the caretakers were called, were able to get all of the children out except for two twin infants and one of the nannies. The building came crumbling down, and the twins and the nanny were announced dead. the next day, after cleaning up some of the rubble, they found the nanny and the twins buried underneath five feet of rubble and alive! The nanny announced that when the building was collapsing on top of them, a spirit had come and sheltered them from the falling debris. That spirit was later identified as St. Lia. St. Lia is also known for having an uncorrupt body after she died, for thrity-nine days. St. Lia is also known for helping an artist with arthritis. One very famous artist was diagnosed with a very rare type of arthritis. She was very depressed because art was her life. Because of this very rare type of arthritis, she could no longer use her hands without experiencing excruciating pain. Exactly thirty-nine days after the woman was diagnosed, which is known as St. Lia's number, her arthritis was cured. It was said to have been a miracle of St. Lia because thirty-nine was a holy number that was a symbol for St. Lia.