St Agatha Art Photos |
St Agatha (martyred 251) venerated for steadfast faith despite torture while resisting tyrant's attempt to force her to work in a brothel. Venerated in Sicily for protecting town against lava. |
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| St Catherine of Alexandria & St Agatha tempera painting (1463) by Giovanni di Paolo from Siena at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY. | Altarpiece wings (prior to 1446) by circle of Ottaviano di Martino Nelli shows two Angels of Annunciation over St John the Baptist, St Zenobius, St Jerome & St Agatha at McNay Art Museum. San Antonio, TX. | Stained glass windows (1465-70) by Guillaume Barbe of St Victor, Virgin & Child, St Agatha & St Sebastian at Rouen Cathedral. Rouen, France. | Altarpiece of Mary with Sts Agatha, Steven & Francis (15thC) by Giovanni di Pietro da Pisa at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain. |
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| Altarpiece detail of St Agatha & St Stephen (15thC) by Giovanni di Pietro da Pisa at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain. | Martyrdom of St Agatha painting (c1755) by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo at Berlin Gemaldegalerie. Berlin, Germany. |
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