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>* Agatha, virgin and martyr (date unknown)
>- a great Sicilian beauty who refused the advances of a
>consul, who retaliated by ordering that her breasts be
>removed; after a vision in which St Peter restored her to a
>perfect condition, she was then rolled over hot coals
>- co-patron of medieval-religion
Commonly depicted holding her breasts on a platter. The resemblance to a
pair of bells made her the patron of bell-founders.
Oriens :-[ (I'm not joking)
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