catania

February 3, 2019
The architect, Giovanni Battista Vaccarini, who played a central role in rebuilding Catania, Sicily after the devastating 1693 earthquake, was born on February 3, 1702 in Palermo.

February 5, 2017
The feast day of St. Agatha (231-251) is celebrated on 5 February.

October 3, 2013
Sculptor Giulio Monteverde died on this day in 1917, just five days shy of his 80th birthday.