St Agathe

St Agathe (c. 231 – 251 AD), also Saint Agatha, was a Sicilian virgin Christian saint who suffered martyrdom at Palermo under Decius in 251. She is represented in art as crowned with a long veil and bearing a pair of shears, the instruments with which her breast were cut off. Festival, Feb. 5.

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St Agathon, St Agnes, St Agnes of Bohemia, St Aidan, St Aignan, St Aime