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On this page of the Litany, a series of invocations to favored saints, the first saint appealed to is Saint Agatha: S[an]c[t]a Agatha ora pro nobis (Saint Agatha, pray for us). The pattern is followed for the prayers to Agnes, Cecilia, Lucy, and…

black chalk and white heightening on blue prepared paper

oil painting

MS Royal 2 B VII, fol. 242r.

Suffrages of the Saints
Saint Agatha, Folio 179r

Agatha was punished for refusing the advances of the Roman governor. She is tied to a column and her breasts are removed by attackers wielding huge clippers ; one attacker raises his knee to brace…

18th century engraving with frame from First French Empire (1804–1814). Discovered at Luxeuil. Pellerin (of Epinal) had near identical wood block in his possession, which he was using c. 1814. SA: Agatha of Sicily, Christian saint, d. c.…

oil and tempera on canvas
Painted surface H: 25 1/4 x W: 19 13/16 in. (64.2 x 50.3 cm)

fresco, choir
SS. Agata e Margherita, Cremona, Italy

pen and ink wash drawing
Height 277 mm
Width 207 mm
watermark: Lamb in circle (45 x 47 mm, on P3 of 6P, vH, left), similar to Briquet 49 (with halo)(Florence 1511, Treviso 1514), similar to Piccard Online 86768 (Ferrara 1576)