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  • Patron Saint of: Children of Mary, girls, young girls Born: c292 Died: c304 Feast Day: January 21 According to St. Augustine and St. Ambrose, St. Agnes was martyred at the age of 12. Pope Damasus adorned her tomb with sacred poetry. St. Agnes is represented with a martyrs palm and a lamb. On her feast day the Pope blesses the Pallium, a stole made from lambs wool which is worn by metropolitans. St. Agnes is the Patron Saint of Children of Mary, girls, and young girls. Saint Agnes was a wealthy and beautiful young girl. She turned away many generous eligible suitors, all in the name of her faith, for Christ was her bridegroom. Living in the time of the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian, she was under constant threat of torture and death, but she did not falter. Her resolve in the face of all of these threats also strengthened the resolve of the Romans. In an attempt to break the young girl of her faith, she was turned over to a brothel; however, the men that were sent to her could not find it within themselves to violate her. Annoyed at this news, the Roman governor had had enough and sentenced her to death. At the execution she remained faithful and strong, encouraging her executioners to finish it, for she despised the beauty which brought out the lust and desires of the young Roman men. News of this saintly young girl and her courage spread wide and fast. Emperor Constantine, the first Roman emperor to accept the Christian religion thus ending the persecutions of the time, was so impressed by the legend of Saint Agnes that he traveled to the spot of her burial place to baptize his own daughter.
  • The youngest of all marters who where tourtered. She was only 12, and the Romens tourted her severly and yet she refuse to denouce Christanity.
  • 1) "Saint Agnes (291-304), is the patron saint of chastity. Saint Agnes may also refer to: - In people: Agnes of Assisi (1197-1253), abbess of the Poor Ladies, feast day November 16 Agnes of Bohemia (1211-1282), also known as Agnes of Prague, feast day March 2 Agnes of Montepulciano (1268-1317), feast day April 20 - In places: St. Agnes, Isles of Scilly, England St Agnes, Cornwall, England St Agnes Place, a formerly-squatted street in London, England - In schools: Saint Agnes Academy, Houston, Texas St. Agnes Academy (Memphis, Tennessee) Saint Agnes High School (St. Paul, Minnesota) - See also: St. Agnes Church (disambiguation)" Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Agnes_(disambiguation%29 2) "Agnes of Rome (c. 291 – c.304) is a virgin-martyr, venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, the Anglican Communion, and in Eastern Orthodoxy. She is one of seven women, excluding the Blessed Virgin, commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass. She is the patron saint of chastity, gardeners, girls, engaged couples, rape victims, and virgins. She is also known as Saint Agnes and Saint Ines. Her memorial, which commemorates her martyrdom, is 21 January in both the Roman Catholic calendar of saints and in the General Roman Calendar of 1962. The 1962 calendar includes a second feast on 28 January, which commemorates her birthday. Agnes is depicted in art with a lamb, as her name resembles the Latin agnus. The name "Agnes" is actually derived from the feminine Greek adjective "hagnÄ“" (ἁγνή) meaning "chaste, pure, sacred"." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Agnes

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