Sant'Agata de' Goti, Rome
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Sant'Agata dei Goti is a titular church in Rome, Italy, dedicated to the martyr Agatha of Sicily and the home of the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata’s General Curia. The diaconia is assigned to Ca
Interior of the church
Exterior
Apse fresco depicting Glory of St Agatha
Daniel O'Connell
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Daniel O'Connell, hailed in his time as The Liberator, was the acknowledged political leader of Ireland's Roman Catholic majority in the first half of the 19th century. His mobilisation of Catholic Ir
Sant'Agata de' Goti, Rome
…was unfortunately destroyed in 1589, when the apse collapsed. The Greek humanist John Lascaris (died 1535) is interred in the church and the heart of Daniel O'Connell, the 'Liberator' (died Genoa 1847), was buried here. The heart disappeared in vague circumstances during renovation work around 1925. The feast of the…
1834 portrait of O'Connell by George Hayter
Catholic Emancipation as a world upside down: held aloft, Daniel O'Connell promises wigs – symbol of Ascendancy rank and property – for "ye all." (Isaac Cruikshank 1789–1856)
The Repealer Repulsed, Belfast 1841
O'Connell's "chariot", now on display in Derrynane House