Galla of Rome was a 6th-century widow from a noble Roman family, the daughter of the patrician Symmachus the Younger. After being widowed shortly after her marriage, she utilized her significant wealth to support the needy. She lived on the Vatican Hill, where she established a convent and a hospital near St. Peter's Basilica. Dedicated to serving the impoverished and the sick, she spent her remaining years in this charitable work until her death in Rome in 550.