St. Agnes, virgin and martyr, was probably born in Rome between the years 240-250.
St. Agnes died about the year 304.
Agnes was from Rome, Italy.
St. Agnes, virgin and martyr, according to the Roman Martyrology, was 12 years old when she was executed, being stabbed in the throat, during the persecutions authorized by Emperor Diocletian ca. 305 CE. Agnes was buried in the cemetary on the Via Nomentana, where a church was later built ca. 350 CE on the site of the cemetery. In the past, the Feast of St. Agnes was the occasion for the blessing of lambs, whose wool was used by the Sisters of St. Agnes in Rome to weave the palliums of archbishops and patriarchs of the Roman Catholic Church.In art, St. Agnes is shown with a lamb and palm branch, the latter being the symbol of a martyr. She is universally revered. St. Agnes is the protector of virgins, betrothed women (Agnes chose Christ as her bridegroom), and gardeners, since virginity is depicted as a closed garden known as the hortus conclusus. The feast day of St. Agnes is 21 January.
St. Agnes died as a martyr - considered automatic sainthood by the early Christian community.
St. Agnes Tsao Kou Ying was born on November 20, 1852 in China.
st. Agnes was born in 291 and died 304
St. Agnes died in the year 304 and the feast is celebrated on January 21.In Rome.
St. Agnes, virgin and martyr, was probably born in Rome between the years 240-250.
St. Agnes died in the year 304.
The meaning of st. Agnes is little lamb
The Eve of St. Agnes was created in 1820.
St. Agnes died about the year 304.
St. Agnes Cemetery was created in 1867.
If you are referring to St. Agnes the martyr, no she was not a nun. If you are referring to St. Agnes of Assisi, yes,she was a nun.
St. Agnes High School - Queens - was created in 1908.
St. Agnes Academy-St. Dominic School was created in 1851.