The following year this was fulfilled when Mount Etna erupted, spewing forth violent fire from which Catania was manifestly saved by Saint Agatha's prayers. The holy Martyr Agatha, the protectress and ...

a chorus of the faithful loudly recites as the statue passes by. "Saint Agatha is alive." Amidst the crowd in Catania, people of all ages celebrate, greeting their patron saint as she walks the ...

Since her mother suffered from an issue of blood, she went with her to the shrine of Saint Agatha at Catania to seek healing (see Feb. 5). There Saint Agatha appeared to Lucia in a dream, assuring her ...