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Saint Virginia Centurione Bracelli (April 2 1587 – December 15 1651) is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church from Genoa Italy. Virginia was born on April 2 1587 in Genoa Italy to a noble family. She was the daughter of Giorgio Centurione who was the Doge of Genoa from 1621 to 1623 and to Lelia Spinola.Despite her desire to live a cloistered life she was forced into marriage to Gaspare Grimaldi Bracelli a wealthy noble on December 10 1602. She had two daughters: Lelia and Isabella.