See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

SAINT See also:

• SAINT AGATHA

AGATHA  , the See also:

• PATRON

patron See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint of See also:

• CATANIA (Gr. Katane, Rom. Catinal)

Catania, See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, where her festival is celebrated on the 5th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February . The See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend is that she was a native of Sicily (probably of Catania, though See also:

• PALERMO (Greek, Havopuos; Latin, Panhormus, Panormus)

Palermo also claims her), of See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth and See also:

• GREAT

great beauty . She repelled the advances of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• PREFECT (prefet)

prefect sent by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• DECIUS, GAIUS MESSIUS QUINTUS TRAJANUS (2017-251)

Decius to govern Sicily, and was by his orders brutally tortured and finally sent to the stake . As soon as the See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire was lighted, an See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

earthquake occurred, and the See also:

• PEOPLE

people insisted on her See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release . She died in See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison on the 5th of February 251 . The See also:

• RESCUE (in Middle Eng. rescous, from O. Fr. recousse, Low Lat. rescussa, from reexcussa,reexcutere, to shake off again, re, again, ex, off, quatere, to shake)

rescue of Catania from fire during an eruption of See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• ETNA
• ETNA (Gr. AZ-rvn, from aZOw, burn; Lat. Aetna)

Etna was later attributed to St See also:

• AGATHA, SAINT

Agatha's See also:

• VEIL (O.Fr. veile, mod. voile, from Lat. velum, cloth, awning, sail)

veil .