FEAST OF SANT’AGATA IN AUGUST
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Sant’Agata, patroness of Catania, brings the city to a party again this summer.
The celebrations of August 17, also called mid-August celebrations, were established on the occasion of the return to the homeland of the relics of Sant’Agata, stolen as war booty by the Byzantine leader Giorgio Maniace. On the evening of 17 August 1126, after 86 years of “exile”, the Body of Sant’Agata was welcomed in Catania, where it could be venerated again.
The Agatha celebrations will then take place according to traditional customs from 16 August with the exhibition of the Veil of Sant’Agata in the Cathedral Basilica of Catania for the whole day, Mass and the evening procession.
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13/08/2023 17:30
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18/08/2023 19:00
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