Diskussion:Agatha von Catania

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Nach dieser Folter erschien ihr nachts der heilige Petrus und pflegte ihre Wunden. Inwiefern diese Aussage geschichtlich belegbar ist, möchte ich hier nun mal anzweifeln. Der Bericht ist meiner Meinung nach sehr aus katholischen Gesichtspunkten verfasst. (nicht signierter Beitrag von 85.124.38.231 (Diskussion) )

Der Text beginnt mit "Der Überlieferung nach..." und nicht "Es ist ein gesicherter Fakt..." Kleinalrik 21:49, 31. Okt. 2010 (CET)

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Das Gemälde von Tiepolo ist nicht 1520, sondern 1755 entstanden. (nicht signierter Beitrag von 213.188.255.28 (Diskussion) )

Solche Fehler kannst du am besten gleich selber ändern .--Bjs (Diskussion) 16:15, 17. Apr. 2007 (CEST)

Zu Historizität der Heiligen

> Kirsch, Johann Peter. "St. Agatha." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 25 Apr. 2013:

"Although the martyrdom of St. Agatha is thus authenticated, and her veneration as a saint had even in antiquity spread beyond her native place, we still possess no reliable information concerning the details of her glorious death. It is true that we have the Acts of her martyrdom in two versions, Latin and Greek, the latter deviating from the former (Acta SS., I, Feb., 595 sqq.). Neither of these recensions, however, can lay any claim to historical credibility, and neither gives the necessary internal evidence that the information it contains rests, even in the more important details, upon genuine tradition. If there is a kernel of historical truth in the narrative, it has not as yet been possible to sift it out from the later embellishments. In their present form the Latin Acts are not older than the sixth century. According to them Agatha, daughter of a distinguished family and remarkable for her beauty of person, was persecuted by the Senator Quintianus with avowals of love. As his proposals were resolutely spurned by the pious Christian virgin, he committed her to the charge of an evil woman, whose seductive arts, however, were baffled by Agatha's unswerving firmness in the Christian faith. Quintianus then had her subjected to various cruel tortures. Especially inhuman seemed his order to have her breasts cut off, a detail which furnished to the Christian medieval iconography the peculiar characteristic of Agatha. But the holy virgin was consoled by a vision of St. Peter, who miraculously healed her. Eventually she succumbed to the repeated cruelties practised on her. As already stated, these details, in so far as they are based on the Acts, have no claim to historical credibility. Allard also characterizes the Acts as the work of a later author who was more concerned with writing an edifying narrative, abounding in miracles, than in transmitting historical traditions.

Both Catania and Palermo claim the honour of being Agatha's birthplace. Her feast is kept on 5 February; her office in the Roman Breviary is drawn in part from the Latin Acts. Catania honours St. Agatha as her patron saint, and throughout the region around Mt. Etna she is invoked against the eruptions of the volcano, as elsewhere against fire and lightning. In some places bread and water are blessed during Mass on her feast after the Consecration, and called Agatha bread"

Also: keine Angaben zu den Geburts- und Sterbedaten möglich. Womöglich gibt es einen historischen Kern in den legendarischen Überlieferungen. Die Details der Torturen sind erfunden ("As already stated, these details, in so far as they are based on the Acts, have no claim to historical credibility."), Geburtsstadt unklar. Mr. bobby (Diskussion) 22:34, 31. Mär. 2020 (CEST)