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Agatha [a] of Sicily (c. 231 – c. 251 AD) is a Christian saint.Her feast is on 5 February. Agatha was born in Catania, part of the Roman Province of Sicily, and was martyred c. 251.
The Gallipoli Cathedral, formally the Co-Cathedral Basilica of Saint Agatha the Virgin (Italian: Basilica Concattedrale di Sant'Agata Vergine), is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Gallipoli in Apulia, Italy. Completed in 1696, the Baroque church is a minor basilica and the co-cathedral of the Diocese of Nardò-Gallipoli.
By the altar of St Agatha is a large statue of the saint. Ricimer, who was buried in the church, had a mosaic installed. This was unfortunately destroyed in 1589, when the apse collapsed. The Greek humanist John Lascaris (died 1535) is interred in the church and the heart of Daniel O'Connell, the 'Liberator' (died Genoa 1847), was buried here. [2]
Sant'Agata in Trastevere is one of the churches of Rome, located in the Trastevere district, at Largo San Giovanni de Matha, 91.. The church is dedicated to the Sicilian St Agatha, martyred in approximately 251, whose cult soon spread well beyond Sicily.
Chapel of St. Agatha Detail of the 11th-century Norman transept. The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Agatha (Italian: Cattedrale metropolitana di Sant'Agata), usually known as the Catania Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Catania), is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Catania, Sicily, southern Italy.
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). February 5. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas. St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 13. The Fifth Day of the Month of February. Orthodoxy ...
Cecilia survived suffocation and a failed beheading, living three more days to distribute her wealth and dedicate her home to the Church. Patron saint of musicians, her feast day is November 22. [16] Agatha (Saint & Martyr) c. 231 – 251 CE Catania: Christian martyr from Sicily, was born into nobility in Palermo or Catania.
Agatha Kwon Chin-i: 1820 1840 1984 by Pope John Paul II One of the Korean Martyrs: Agatha Lin: 1817 1858 2000 October 1 by Pope John Paul II Agatha of Sicily: c. 231: c. 251: found in Roman Martyrology [1] Martyr; patron saint of breast cancer patients, martyrs, wet nurses, bell-founders, bakers, fire, earthquakes, and eruptions of Mount Etna ...