Saint Fina was a 13th-century Christian virgin from San Gimignano, Italy. Born into a declining noble family in 1238, she spent much of her youth at home learning domestic skills. After contracting a debilitating paralytic illness in 1248, she lived for five years on a simple wooden pallet. Despite her suffering and the loss of both parents, she remained joyful and devoted to the Virgin Mary. She died in 1253 at the age of fifteen, following a reported vision of Saint Gregory the Great who predicted her passing.