| Honorific Prefix: | Blessed |
| Giulia della Rena | |
| Birth Date: | 1319 |
| Birth Place: | Certaldo, Republic of Florence |
| Death Date: | 9 January 1367 |
| Death Place: | Certaldo, Republic of Florence |
| Resting Place: | Santi Jacopo e Filippo, Certaldo |
| Major Shrine: | Santi Jacopo e Filippo, Certaldo |
| Venerated In: | Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast Day: | 9 January, 15 February (Augustinians) |
| Beatified Date: | 18 May 1819 |
| Beatified Place: | Saint Peter's Basilica |
| Beatified By: | Pope Pius VII |
Giulia della Rena (1319 – 9 January 1367) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed member of the Order of Saint Augustine in its third order branch.[1] Della Rena was orphaned sometime in her late childhood and sought work as a maid in Florence where she soon became a member of the Augustinian tertiaries. The religious then returned to Certaldo due to the negative Florentine economic and political climate where she became best known for rescuing a child from a burning building.[2] [3]
Giulia della Rena was born to impoverished nobles (whose status began to wane) in Certaldo sometime in 1319.[1] [2] She was orphaned of both her parents sometime in her childhood.[3]
Della Rena sought work outside of her hometown and became a maid to the Timolfi household in Florence. In 1337 at the Augustinian church of the Holy Spirit, she became an Augustinian Secular.[4] But the tumult in Florence caused her to return home to Certaldo where she rescued a child from a burning building in a move that brought her unwanted fame and attention.[1] She then retired to live the remainder of her life as an anchoress in a small cell that was built to the church of Santi Jacopo e Filippo.[3] She had little in her small cell save for a little window and a Crucifix.[3]
Della Rena died at the beginning of 1367.[4] Her remains were interred in the church of Santi Jacopo e Filippo and were moved to its altar in 1372.[2]
In 1819 Pope Pius VII confirmed her blessed ab immemorabili.[5]