E06605: Greek version of the Martyrdom of *Agatha (virgin and martyr of Catania, S00794). Skeleton entry

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Greek version of the Martyrdom of Agatha (BHG 36, 37-37a, 37d)

We have not examined this text, nor compared it to stories of the martyrdom in other languages. It is believed to be based on a Martyrdom originally written in Latin (cf. E01916).

Note that translations of hagiographical literature into other ancient languages are not as a rule recorded in the Cult of Saints database, unless there is evidence to suggest that the translation dates from the 7th century or earlier.

History

Evidence ID

E06605

Saint Name

Agatha, virgin and martyr of Catania : S00794

Related Saint Records

https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Agatha_virgin_and_martyr_of_Catania/13731205

Type of Evidence

Literary - Hagiographical - Accounts of martyrdom

Language

Greek

Evidence not before

600

Source

For the manuscript tradition, see: http://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/14395/ http://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/14396/ For the edition, see Bibliography.

Bibliography

Text: Migne, J.P., Patrologia Graeca 114 (Paris, 1903), 1331-1346. (BHG 37-37d) Further reading: Milazzo, V., "La Sicilia: Agata e Lucia. Note agiografiche," in: A. Tilatti and F. G. B. Trolese (eds.), Giustina e le altre. Sante e culti femminili in Italia settentrionale dalla prima età Cristiana al secolo XII. Atti del VI Convegno di studio dell'Associazione italiana per lo studio della santità, dei culti e dell'agiografia. Padova, 4-6 ottobre 2004 (Roma 2009), 243-270. Philippart, G., "L'hagiographie sicilienne dans le cadre de l'hagiographie de l'Occident," in: R. Barcellona and S. Pricoco (eds.), La Sicilia nella tarda antichità e nell'alto medioevo. Religione e società. Atti del Convegno di Studi. Catania-Paternò, 24-27 sett. 1997 (Soveria Mannelli 1999), 182. Pricoco, S., "Monaci e santi di Sicilia," in: Idem (ed.), Monaci, filosofi e santi. Saggi di storia della cultura tardoantica (Soveria Mannelli 1992), 242-244. Re, M. "Italo-Greek Hagiography," in: S. Efthymiadis (ed.), The Ashgate Research Companion to Byzantine Hagiography I: Periods and Places (Farnham 2011), 230.