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Candlemass, St. Blaise and St. Agatha

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Posted on 2024-02-02 in

Singing in the round on St. Agatha’s Eve in Galdakao (04/02/2011). (Photo: E. X. Dueñas)

Even though Carnival has been called the highlight of winter at other times in this country, the celebration of St. Agatha’s Feast Day – with the preamble of Candlemass and St. Blaise’s Day – were what could be called a “festive trilogy” combining the sacred and entertainment, in terms of Catholicism and leaving the Christmas cycle to one side.

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The feast of St Agatha

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Posted on 2016-02-05 in
Verse singing on the eve of St Agatha’s Day, Galdakao. Igone Etxebarria

Verse-singing on the eve of St Agatha’s Day, Galdakao (Bizkaia). Igone Etxebarria. Labayru Fundazioa Photographic Archive.

Since ancient times St Agatha’s Day is observed on 5 February by the Catholic Church as part of its liturgical calendar. Saint Agatha of Sicily is a Christian virgin martyress tortured and put to death during the Decian persecution in third-century Catania. (more…)

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