Superb Holy Card : years 1850 : SAINT AGATHA

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Superb Holy Card : years 1850 : SAINT AGATHA

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Sold Date: 04/19/2008
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Fraternal, Political, Organizations

Superb Holy Card. Printed in France, in Wentsel at Wissembourg. Years 1850. It's a lithograph. Beautiful colours. Measures : 17 cm x 21 cm (11,04 inches x 13,64 inches). Card is in perfect condition. Saint Agatha Memorial 5 February Profile We have little reliable information about this martyr , who has been honored since ancient times, and whose name is included in the canon of the Mass . Young, beautiful and rich, Agatha lived a life consecrated to God. When Decius announced the edicts against Christians, the magistrate Quinctianus tried to profit by Agatha's sanctity; he planned to blackmail her into sex in exchange for not charging her. Handed over to a brothel, she refused to accept customers. After rejecting Quinctianus' advances, she was beaten, imprisoned , tortured , her breasts were crushed and cut off. She told the judge, "Cruel man, have you forgotten your mother and the breast that nourished you, that you dare to mutilate me this way?" One version has it that Saint Peter healed her. Imprisoned further, then rolled on live coals, she was near death when an earthquake stuck. In the destruction, the magistrate's friend was crushed, and the magistrate fled. Agatha thanked God for an end to her pain, and died .
Legend says that carrying her veil, taken from her tomb in Catania , in procession has averted eruptions of Mount Etna. Her intercession is reported to have saved Malta from Turkish invasion in 1551 . Born in prison at Catania or Palermo , Sicily (sources vary) Died martyred c.250 at Catania, Sicily by being rolled on coals Name Meaning good Patronage against eruptions of Mount Etna
against fire
against natural disasters
against volcanic eruptions
Ali , Sicily , Italy
bell-founders
breast cancer
breast disease
Catania , Sicily , Italy
earthquakes
fire prevention
jewelers
martyrs
nurses
Palermo , Sicily , Italy
rape victims
single laywomen
sterility
torture victims
wet-nurses
Zamarramala , Spain Representation breasts on a dish
embers
knife
loaves of bread on a dish
pincers
shears
tongs
veil
virgin martyr wearing a veil and bearing her severed breasts on a silver platter |