Saint Agatha
A young noblewoman from Sicily, Agatha refuses the advances of the consul Quintianus to remain faithful to Christ. After…
Place
Catania
IT
13 saints associated
Blessed Bernard of Scammacca
A nobleman from Catania who led a dissolute youth, Bernard of Scammaca converted and joined the Dominicans. He distingui…
Saint Gerland of Agrigento
Born in Besançon, Gerland joined his Norman parents in Sicily to restore Christianity after the Arab occupation. Appoint…
Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet
A Benedictine cardinal and Archbishop of Catania, Blessed Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet (1818-1894) is famous for his heroic…
Laura Meozzi
Italian Salesian religious sister, pioneer of the work of Don Bosco in Poland, she devoted herself body and soul to orph…
Lucia Mangano
A Sicilian Ursuline nun and mystic, Lucia Mangano (1896-1946) dedicated her life to the education of youth and spiritual…
Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi and Maria Corsini
The first married couple beatified together by the Catholic Church in 2001, Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi and Maria Corsini…
Luigia Lavizzari
Luigia Lavizzari (1867-1931), in religion Mother Maria Caterina di Gesù Bambino, was an Italian Benedictine nun declared…
Maddalena Caterina Morano
An Italian Salesian religious, Maddalena Caterina Morano dedicated her life to the education of youth and catechesis in …
Marianna Amico Roxas
Marianna Amico Roxas, foundress of the Company of Saint Ursula in Sicily, dedicated her life to God in the heart of the …
Salvatore Micalizzi
Italian Lazarist priest (1856-1937) declared Venerable by Benedict XVI, he dedicated his life to popular missions and th…