Wednesday 5 February 2025 (other days)
Saint Agatha, Virgin, Martyr
on Wednesday after the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
on Wednesday after the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
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Year: C(I). Psalm week: 4. Liturgical Colour: Red.
St Agatha
She was martyred at Catania in Sicily, probably during the persecution of Decius (250-253). Devotion to her was widespread in the Church in the earliest times and she is mentioned in the Roman Canon of the Mass. See the articles in the Catholic Encyclopaedia and Wikipedia.
Liturgical colour: red
Red is the colour of fire and of blood. Liturgically, it is used to celebrate the fire of the Holy Spirit (for instance, at Pentecost) and the blood of the martyrs.
Dates
Today
(Automatic)Sun 16 March
2nd Sunday of LentTue 18 March
Tuesday of the 2nd week of Lent(commemoration of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop, Doctor)