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AGATHA, SAINT

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 370 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ADA-AIZ
AGATHA, SAINT , the
patron
  saint of Catania, Sicily, where her festival is celebrated on the 5th of
February
 . The legend is that she was a native of Sicily (probably of Catania, though
Palermo
  also claims her), of noble
birth
  and
great
  beauty. She repelled the advances of the Roman prefect sent by the emperor Decius to govern Sicily, and was by his orders brutally tortured and finally sent to the stake. As soon as the fire was lighted, an
earthquake
  occurred, and the
people
  insisted on her release. She died in prison on the 5th of
February
  251. The rescue of Catania from fire during an eruption of
Mount
  Etna was later attributed to St Agatha's veil.


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