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May 16, 2012 · This is a picture of a shrine in a tiny chapel in the Church of Sant'Agnese in Agone in Piazza Navona, Rome. It shows a statue of St. Agnes, a young girl who was martyred in the 4th century AD for being a Christian, in the flames which fell away.
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Jan 21, 2024 · St. Agnes is widely known as the patron saint of young girls. She is also the patron saint of chastity, rape survivors and the Children of Mary. She is often represented with a lamb, the symbol of her virgin innocence, and a palm branch, like other martyrs.
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Feast Day:January 21Type of Feast:MemorialReadings:Hebrews 5:1-10; Psalm 110:1-4; Mark 2:18-22Symbols:lamb, martyr's palm, martyr's crown, dove with a ring in its beakLittle is known for certain about the life of Saint Agnes. The years usually given for her birth and death are 291 and 304, as longstanding tradition places her martyrdom during the persecution of Diocletian (c. 304). An inscription by Pope Saint Damasus I (c. 304-384; elected pope in 366) at the foot of the stairs leading to the ancient Basilica d...
Every other detail of Saint Agnes's life lies in the realm of legend—likely correct, but unable to be verified. She is said to have been born into a Christian family of Roman nobility, and to have voluntarily declared her Christian faith during a persecution. Saint Ambrose claims that her virginity was endangered and that she, therefore, suffered a...
The Basilica di Sant'Agnese Fuori le Mura was built during the reign of Constantine (306-37) over the top of the catacombs in which Saint Agnes was entombed after her martyrdom. (The catacombs are open to the public and are entered through the basilica.) A mosaic in the apse of the basilica, dating from the renovation of the church under Pope Honor...
Agnes of Rome (c. 291 – c. 304) is a virgin martyr, venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodox Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, as well as the Anglican Communion and Lutheran Churches.
Feb 10, 2010 · This beautiful fourth century icon of St. Agnes is found and still intact in the Catacomb of Pamphilus in Rome on the Ancient Salarian Way. It is a gold-glass medallion which was likely embedded in the wall of the catacomb as an offering for the dead.
