Shortly after, she died a martyr in prison in 252 AD. "Long live Saint Agatha!" a chorus of the faithful loudly recites as the statue passes by. "Saint Agatha is alive." Amidst the crowd in ...
A virgin and martyr of Syracuse in Sicily ... Lucy prayed at the tomb of Saint Agatha, to change her mother’s mind about her faith. As a result, her mother's long haemorrhagic illness was ...