Fortunata (name)

Fortunata is an Italian girl's name. Fortunata is celebrated on October 14 in memory of Santa Fortunata, a 4th-century Christian martyr in Caesarea. The Roman Catholic Church recognizes nineteen Saints and Saints bearing the name Fortunato and Fortunata.

People

 * Saint Fortunata, martyr at Rome (14 February)
 * Saint Fortunata, martyr venerated at Patria (14 October)
 * Maria Fortunata d'Este (1731–1803), Modenese princess by birth and a princess of the blood of France by marriage
 * Blessed Maria Fortunata Viti (1827–1922), Italian Benedictine nun (20 November)

Fictional characters

 * Fortunata, name of the titular seagull in the animated film La gabbianella e il gatto 1998
 * Fortunata, lead character in Fortunata, a 2017 film
 * Fortunata, the wife of Trimalchio in the Satyricon of Petronius, 1st century AD
 * Fortunata, in the novel Fortunata y Jacinta by Benito Pérez Galdós 1887
 * Fortunata, an anthropomorphic fox in the book Mossflower in the Redwall series
 * Fortunata, in the novel The Heretic's Apprentice by Ellis Peters 1989