February 5
On this day the Catholic Church remembers
St. Agatha

St. Agatha

virgin and martyr · † c. 251
Lord Jesus Christ, you see my heart; you know my desire: I want to possess only you.
— Acts of her martyrdom

A young woman from Catania in Sicily who rejected a powerful official who wanted to win her. For this she was cruelly tortured, but she did not betray Christ. A year after her death, tradition says, the lava of Etna stopped before the city. Purity of heart is strength.

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