Palagnedra

Saint Agatha died a martyr's death around 250 in Catania (Sicily). She rejected the marriage proposal of a Roman governor several times. Out of anger, he then had Agatha's breasts cut off. In this picture Agatha exposes her bloodcovered breasts, which remind of this torture.

The Christ child holds a scroll with the words "In Gremio Matris Sedet Sapientia Patris" (The wisdom of the father sits in the lap of the mother)

Christ in mandorla surrounded by the symbols of the four evangelists