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My contribution: Speedmaster on "olivette di Sant'Agata"
Feb 02, 2015,13:37 PM
Hallo friends! In this part of the world, we've started really great celebrations in honour of Saint Agatha (Agata in Italian), our patron saint.
Saint Agatha was born in Catania at the beginning of the 3rd century from a rich and noble Christian family. At that time Catania was a very flourishing city of the Roman Empire, also thanks to its port and its geographical position in the middle of Mediterranean Sea. That time was also a time of persecutions against Christians, who were denounced and had to publicly deny their faith. Otherwise they would have been arrested, tortured and killed.
Since she was a very young girl she wanted to dedicate herself to Christ and at about 15 the bishop of Catania consecrated her during a ceremony. She was a beautiful girl and one day the governor of Catania, Quinziano, saw her and become infatuated with her, ordered to arrest her, wishing to seduce her. When she continued to profess her faith in Jesus, Quintian had her tortured.
One story says that Agatha stopped in a place for a rest and an olive tree immediately sprang and she could shelter and eat its fruits. To remember this, on Saint Agatha's day it's a tradition to eat special almond sweets, green and shaped like olives, called "olivette di Sant'Agata" (little Saint Agatha olives). So... here are my "olivette"... YUUUMMMY!
Ciao,
Elio