"St Agatha" redirects here. For communities named after St Agatha, see Sainte-Agathe (disambiguation). For churches, see St Agatha's Church. For the painting, see Saint Agatha (Zurbarán). For the 2018 film, see St. Agatha (film).
Saint
Agatha of Sicily
Depiction of Saint Agatha's martyrdom by Sebastiano del Piombo, 1520
Virgin and martyr
Born
c. 231[1] Catania, Sicilia, Roman Empire
Died
c. 251 Catania, Sicilia, Roman Empire
Venerated in
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church[2]
Oriental Orthodoxy
Anglican Communion
Canonized
Pre-congregation by tradition confirmed by Pope Gregory I
Feast
5 February
Attributes
pincers, breasts on a plate[3]
Patronage
Catania (Sicily), Gallipoli (Apulia), Molise, Malta, San Marino, Zamarramala (Segovia, Spain), Escatrón, (Zaragoza, Spain)
Bellfounders, breast cancer patients, bakers, nurses/wet nurses, jewelers, martyrs, rape victims, single laywomen, sufferers of sterility
Victims of torture, natural disasters, fire, earthquakes, eruptions of Mount Etna, and volcanic eruptions[4]
Agatha[a]of Sicily (c. 231 – 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. She is one of several virgin martyrs who are commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass.[7]
Agatha is the patron saint of Catania, Molise, Malta, San Marino, Gallipoli in Apulia,[b] and Zamarramala, a municipality of the Province of Segovia in Spain. She is also the patron saint of breast cancer patients, rape victims,
martyrs, wet nurses, bell-founders, and bakers, and is invoked against fire, earthquakes, and eruptions of Mount Etna.
^D'Arrigo, Santo. Il Martirio di Santa Agata (Catania) 1985
^February 18 / February 5. https://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/htc/orthodox-calendar/
^Delaney, John P. (1980). Dictionary of Saints (Second ed.). Garden City, NY: Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-13594-7.
^"Saint Agatha", Catholic Culture
^Behind the Name: the etymology and history of first names
^""Agatha", III.15". Archived from the original on 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
^V. L. Kennedy CSB, The Saints of the Canon of the Mass, Pontifico Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana, Città del Vaticano, 1938.
^Ravenna, Bartolomeo (1836). Memorie istoriche della città di Gallipoli (in Italian). Napoli: R. Miranda. pp. 316-326.
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