The city of Agata

The city of Agata

In the early days of February 251, during the last phase of the persecution of Decius against non-pagans, the story of the martyrdom of a young Christian girl arrested, tortured and killed for not having sacrificed to the gods of the Empire was consummated in Catania. .
A careful investigation of the martyrdom of Saint Agatha between the remains of ancient Roman Catania and the vestiges of the places where the events took place.
A path between faith and reason, between history and legend.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Cathedral of Saint Agatha, Via Vittorio Emanuele II, 163, 95131 Catania CT, Italy

Visit of the Cathedral and in particular of the Chapel of Sant'Agata

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Museo Diocesano Catania, Via Etnea 8 Piazza Duomo, 95121 Catania, Sicily Italy

Possibility to admire the silver fercolo on which the reliquary bust of Sant'Agata is carried in procession, some of the most precious furnishings and votive offerings dedicated to the Patron Saint and finally the magnificent terrace overlooking the city

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Chiesa di San Francesco d'Assisi all'Immacolata, Piazza San Francesco D'Assisi, 95124 Catania, Sicily Italy

Possibility to admire close up some of the artistic candelore, dedicated to Sant'Agata from the guilds of trade or from the districts of the city.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Chiesa Sant'Agata la Vetere, Piazza Sant'Agata la Vetere 5, 95124 Catania, Sicily Italy

One of the oldest churches in the city, it preserves inside the sarcophagus that tradition indicates as the first burial of Sant'Agata and a rich archaeological stratification linked to its martyrdom

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Santuario Sant'Agata al Carcere, Piazza Santo Carcere 7, 95124 Catania, Sicily Italy

Central place of the Agatine cult, the sanctuary preserves within it the Roman cell that tradition identifies with the prison of the Martyr

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Chiesa San Biagio in Sant'Agata alla Fornace, Piazza Stesicoro, 95100 Catania CT, Italy

The place traditionally considered as that of the last martyrdom of the Patron Saint, the furnace, which is linked to the patronage of Sant'Agata against all the dangers of fire, first of all those linked to the eruptions of Etna

Duration: 15 minutes