Online Encyclopedia

SAINT AGATHA

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 370 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

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

End of Article: SAINT AGATHA
[back]
AGATE 		[next]
AGATHANGE AGATHANGELUS

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are encouraged.