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8 of February's 10 SanctiM-track saints authored (2 left unsourced — Common-only, no proper text in the source). Two more turned out to be missed pre-1955-pool candidates rather than genuine SanctiM cases (their date's SanctiM file belongs to a different saint sharing the date). Also settles a convention for bare Gospel incipits followed by a real homily: author the homily alone as isGospel:false rather than including the incipit line under isGospel:true.
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# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr (Feb 5) —
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# SanctiM/02-05.txt inherits the whole day (`@Sancti/02-05`) with no
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# Nocturn 2/3 override, so this saint's own vita is sourced from the
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# Tridentine track exactly as for a pre-1955 saint (see memory
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# vu-matins-pre1955-saints, vu-matins-sanctim-saints).
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# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/02-05.txt, English/Sancti/02-05.txt.
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# Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one continuous vita, no genuine
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# source break. No responsory given in the source for these lessons.
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id: st-agatha
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readings:
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- nocturn: 2
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isGospel: false
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text:
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la: >-
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Agatha virgo, in Sicília nobílibus paréntibus nata, quam Panormitáni et Catanénses civem
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suam esse dicunt, in persecutióne Decii imperatóris Cátanæ gloriósi martyrii corónam
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consecúta est. Nam cum pari pulchritúdinis et castitátis laude commendarétur, Quintiánus
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Sicíliæ prætor ejus amóre captus est. Sed cum, tentáta modis ómnibus ejus pudicítia,
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Agatham in suam senténtiam perdúcere non posset, christiánæ superstitiónis nómine
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comprehénsam, Aphrodísiæ cuidam mulíeri depravándam tradit. Quæ Aphrodísiæ consuetúdine
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cum de constántia coléndæ christiánæ fídei et servándæ virginitátis removéri non posset,
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núntiat illa Quintiáno se in Agatha óperam pérdere. Quare ille ad se Vírginem addúci
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jubet; et, Nonne, inquit, te pudet nóbili génere natam, húmilem et servílem
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Christianórum vitam ágere? Cui Agatha: Multo præstántior est christiána humílitas et
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sérvitus, regum ópibus ac supérbia.
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Quam ob rem irátus prætor hanc ei optiónem dat, velítne pótius venerári deos, an vim
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tormentórum subíre. At illa constans in fide, primum cólaphis cæsa míttitur in cárcerem;
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unde postrídie edúcta, cum in senténtia permanéret, admótis candéntibus láminis in
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equúleo torquétur. Tum ei mamílla abscínditur; quo in vúlnere Quintiánum appéllans Virgo,
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Crudélis, inquit, tyránne, non te pudet amputáre in fémina, quod ipse in matre suxísti?
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Mox conjécta in víncula, sequénti nocte a sene quodam, qui se Christi Apóstolum esse
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dicébat, sanáta est. Rursum evocáta a prætóre, et in Christi confessióne persevérans, in
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acutis téstulis et candéntibus carbónibus ei subjéctis volutátur.
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Quo témpore, ingénti terræmótu urbs tota contrémuit, ac duo paríetes, corruéntes,
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Silvínum et Falcónium íntimos prætóris familiáres oppressérunt. Quare veheméntius commóta
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civitáte, véritus pópuli tumúltum Quintiánus, Agatham semimórtuam clam redúci ímperat in
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cárcerem. Quæ sic Deum precáta: Dómine, qui me custodísti ab infántia, qui abstulísti a
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me amórem sæculi, qui me carníficum torméntis superiórem præstitísti, áccipe ánimam
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meam. Ea in oratióne migrávit in cælum, Nonis Februárii: cujus corpus a Christiánis
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sepelítur.
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en: >-
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The Maiden Agatha was a Sicilian of noble birth. The citizens of Palermo and Catania
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dispute as to which city had the honour of being her birthplace. It was at Catania that,
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during the persecution under the Emperor Decius, she won the crown of a glorious
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martyrdom. She was equally celebrated for her beauty and her chastity, and Quintianus,
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Praetor of Sicily, conceived a passion for her. He tried every sort of device to overcome
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her modesty, and when he found it impossible to make her consent to his wishes, he caused
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her to be arrested on a charge of Christian superstition, and handed over to a woman named
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Aphrodisia to be corrupted. The company, however, of this woman had no effect in shaking
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her constancy in the Christian worship, nor her settled determination to preserve her
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purity. Aphrodisia therefore reported to Quintianus that she was only throwing away her
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pains on Agatha. He ordered her to be brought before him. Thou, said he, art the daughter
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of a noble family; dost thou feel no shame in living the degraded and slavish life of a
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Christian? Agatha answered him, The lowliness and bondage of a Christian are far nobler
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than the estate and pride of a king.
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Then the Praetor, being incensed against her, gave her the alternative of either
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sacrificing to the gods, or being submitted to the torture; and as she remained firm in
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the faith, she was buffeted and sent back to prison. The next day she was brought forth,
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and, because her resolution was still unshaken, she was stretched on the rack and tortured
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with pieces of white-hot metal. Then her breasts were cut off. When Agatha received this
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injury she cried out to Quintianus, Cruel tyrant, art thou not ashamed to do this to me,
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having thyself sucked at a mother's breast? She was remanded again to prison and put in
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irons. That night an old man, who called himself an Apostle of Christ, came to her, and
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healed her wounds. The following day she was brought for the last time before the Praetor.
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Her constancy was unmoved, and she was rolled on sharp potsherds and live embers.
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At that time the whole city was shaken with a great earthquake, and two of the Praetor's
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dearest friends, Silvinus and Falconius, were killed by falling walls. The townspeople were
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in an uproar, and Quintianus, in fear of a riot, ordered Agatha, who was half dead, to be
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carried back to prison quietly. Then she made the following prayer: O Lord, Who hast been
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my Keeper from my childhood, Who hast taken from me all love for this present world, Who
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hast strengthened me so that I am more than conqueror over the cruelty of the executioners,
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receive my spirit, and with these words she passed to heaven. She finished her testimony
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on the 5th day of February. Her body was buried by the Christians.
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status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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