Title of text taken from list, on p. 89-90, of contents contained in Aelfric's Lives of saints.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-319) and index.
Old English text of Aelfric's passion of St. Agatha, from his Lives of saints, followed by Italian translation; facing pages include Latin text of the early version of the Passio S. Agathae, followed by the Cistercian version of the Passio S. Agathae from the Liber de natalitiis; introductory study, of the life of St. Agatha and of the textual material, in Italian.