Saint Agatha of Sicily (died traditionally 251) is a Christian saint. Her memorial is on 5 February. Agatha was born at Catania and she was martyred in approximately 251. She is one of seven women, excluding the Blessed Virgin Mary, commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass.
Agatha is buried at the Badia di Sant'Agata, Catania. Witnesses to her early cult, aside from her mention in the Mass, are her inclusion in the late 6th century Martyrolo...
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Saint Agatha of Sicily (died traditionally 251) is a Christian saint. Her memorial is on 5 February. Agatha was born at Catania and she was martyred in approximately 251. She is one of seven women, excluding the Blessed Virgin Mary, commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass.
Agatha is buried at the Badia di Sant'Agata, Catania. Witnesses to her early cult, aside from her mention in the Mass, are her inclusion in the late 6th century Martyrologium Hieronymianum associated with the name of Jerome, the Synaxarion, the calendar of the church of Carthage, ca 530, and in one of the carmina of Venantius Fortunatus. Two early churches were dedicated to her in Rome, notably the Church of Sant'Agata dei Goti in via Mazzarino, a titular church with apse mosaics of ca. 460 and traces of a fresco cycle, overpainted by Gismondo Cerrini in 1630. In the 6th century the church was adapted to Arian Christianity, hence its name "Saint Agatha of the Goths", and later reconsecrated by Gregory the...
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