Memorial
Saint Agatha
- Feast day
- February 05
- Patron of
- breast cancer patients and nurses
- Origin
- Sicilian
Life
Agatha was a young Sicilian woman of noble birth who was tortured and martyred for refusing to renounce her faith and virginity during the persecution of Decius.
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