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2 giorni fa · Every Feb. 5, the Church remembers St. Agatha of Catania, a young woman who consecrated her virginity to God and died a martyr’s death during the persecution of the Roman Emperor Decius in the third century. Agatha was born in Catania, Sicily, in southern Italy, around the year 230.
3 giorni fa · The article reconstructs the significance and structure of the theory behind the Medici-Lorraine busts which have been on display in the antiricetto of the Gallery of Statues and Paintings since the 1880’s, each one accompanied by an encomiastic text (from the Latin term elogium) regarding the contribution to the development of the ...
5 giorni fa · Although we have evidece that Agatha was venerated at least as far back as the sixth century, the only facts we have about her are that she was born in Sicily and died there a martyr. In the legend of her life, we are told that she belonged to a rich, important family.
4 giorni fa · Sant'Agata sui due Golfi. Saint Agata on the Two Gulfs, a few kilometers from Sorrento, on the top of an incline, marks the point for the best panoramic views. On one side, the Gulf of Naples curves along the skyline, and on the other, the gulf of Salerno stand between the sea and the horizon.
5 giorni fa · The Legend of Jubal and Other Poems, Cabinet Edition, London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1878.
3 giorni fa · The portrait came to Florence with Peter Leopold, shown standing at the far right, when he came from Vienna as the young successor of his father, Francis Stephen, the first Grand Duke of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty, who began their rule over Florence in 1737.
3 giorni fa · Agatha All Along reveals first promotional image and group of covenless witches led by Kathryn Hahn's Agatha Harkness. Creator Jac Schaeffer describes the witches as...
