One of the most highly venerated virgin martyrs of Christian antiquity, St. Agatha was put to death in Catania, Sicily, for her steadfast profession of faith. It is usually accepted that her martyrdom occurred during the persecution of Decius (250-253).
Her feast is kept on 5 February. Catania honours St. Agatha as her patron saint, and throughout the region around Mt. Etna she is invoked against the eruptions of the volcano, and elsewhere against fire and lightning.
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