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Downtown Catania is perched on the edge of the Ionian Sea. The city was founded in the eight century BC and was once among Italy's most important cultural centers, particularly int he Renaissance period.
Animal faces  found under the balconies for support and ward off stange spirits.
Catania Cathedral, dedicated to Saint Agatha, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Catania,
Interior of the church
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Piazza del Duomo is huge to walk from one end to the other
Our local guide explaining to us the life and death of Saint Agatha.
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Piazza del Duomo, Catania
Saint Agatha of Sicily she is the patron saint of Catania. Her memorial is on 5 February.
Agatha was put to death during the persecution of Decius 250–253 AD in Catania, Sicily, for her determined profession of faith.
Agatha, from a rich and noble family, made a vow of virginity and rejected the amorous advances of the low-born Roman prefect Quintianus, who thought he could force her to turn away from her vow and marry him. His persistent proposals were consistently spurned by Agatha,
He finally had her put in prison and had her tortured. She was stretched on a rack to be torn with iron hooks, burned with torches, and whipped. Among the tortures she underwent was the cutting off of her breasts with pincers.
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