# Agatha of Sicily

> A third-century Christian virgin martyred in Roman Sicily, her name still spoken aloud in the Canon of the Mass — a rare honor among the early dead.

*Christian saint and martyress (235–261)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/agatha-of-sicily

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 0235-09-08
- **Died:** 0261-02-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Born in Catania around 231 AD, Agatha lived under Roman rule in a province where the new faith carried mortal risk. She was killed around 251, and the manner of her death secured her place among the virgin martyrs whose stories traveled fastest through the early Church. Her feast day, 5 February, became fixed in the calendar as the traditional cutoff for New Year's greetings. Catania claimed her as patron, then Molise, Malta, San Marino, Gallipoli, and a Spanish municipality in Segovia — an unusual geographic spread for a martyr who never left Sicily.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 60.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.9 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 14.3 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #185

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200895)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_of_Sicily)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Agatha%20of%20Sicily)
- [اجاثا الصقليه](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AB%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%82%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%87)
- [Сьвятая Агата](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8C%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%90%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0)
- [Святая Агата](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%90%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0)
- [Santez Agata](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santez_Agata)
- [Àgata de Catània](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%80gata_de_Cat%C3%A0nia)
- [Svatá Agáta](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svat%C3%A1_Ag%C3%A1ta)
- [Sankt Agathe](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankt_Agathe)
- [Agatha von Catania](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_von_Catania)
- [Αγία Αγάθη](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%91%CE%B3%CE%AC%CE%B8%CE%B7)
- [Agata de Katanio](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agata_de_Katanio)
- [Águeda de Catania](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81gueda_de_Catania)
- [Agata Cataniakoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agata_Cataniakoa)
- [آگاتای سیسیلی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C)
- [Pyhä Agatha](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyh%C3%A4_Agatha)
- [Agathe de Catane](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathe_de_Catane)
- [Agata (hillige)](https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agata_(hillige))
- [Naomh Agata](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomh_Agata)
- [Ádega de Catania](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81dega_de_Catania)
- [אגתה הקדושה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%92%D7%AA%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%94)
- [Sveta Agata](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveta_Agata)
- [Szent Ágota](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szent_%C3%81gota)
- [Սուրբ Ագաթա](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A2_%D4%B1%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%A9%D5%A1)
- [Wikiquote](https://ca.wikiquote.org/wiki/%C3%80gata_de_Cat%C3%A0nia)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Agatha_of_Sicily)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sant'Agata)
- [Wikiquote](https://li.wikiquote.org/wiki/Agatha_van_Sicili%C3%AB)
- [Wikiquote](https://nl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Agatha_van_Sicili%C3%AB)

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