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23-632: (Redirected from St Agnes ) Saint Agnes or St Agnes may also refer to: Saints [ edit ] Agnes of Rome (291–304) is a virgin martyr, a patron saint of chastity, feasted on 21 January. Agnes of Assisi (1197/1198–1253), abbess of the Poor Ladies, feast day 16 November Agnes of Bohemia (1211–1282), also known as Agnes of Prague, feast day 2 March Agnes of Montepulciano (1268–1317), feast day 20 April Places [ edit ] Australia [ edit ] St Agnes, Queensland ,

46-456: A Christian. She suffered martyrdom on 21 January 304, aged 12 or 13, and during the reign of the Roman emperor Diocletian . A beautiful young girl, Agnes had many suitors who were young men of high rank. Slighted by her resolute devotion to religious purity, they submitted her name to the authorities as a follower of Christianity. One of them, a man named Procop, brought Agnes to his father, who

69-438: A Roman Catholic religious order The Eve of St. Agnes , an 1819 poem by John Keats, published in 1820 " St. Agnes ", an 1837 poem by Alfred Tennyson, retitled "St. Agnes' Eve" in 1857 Agnes (name) , is given name See also [ edit ] Sant'Agnese (disambiguation) St. Agnes Cathedral (disambiguation) St. Agnes Church (disambiguation) St. Agnes Hospital (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

92-830: A locality in the Bundaberg Region St Agnes, South Australia , Australia France [ edit ] Sainte-Agnès, Alpes-Maritimes , in southern France United Kingdom [ edit ] St Agnes, Isles of Scilly , England St Agnes, Cornwall , England St Agnes, Avon , a place in Avon, England St Agnes Place , a formerly-squatted street in London, England Schools [ edit ] St. Agnes Academy (Legazpi City) , Philippines United States [ edit ] St. Agnes School (Jefferson, Louisiana) Saint Agnes High School (Saint Paul, Minnesota) St. Agnes School, Albany, New York,

115-560: A school founded in 1870 and merged into the Doane Stuart School , Rensselaer, New York St. Agnes School (Lake Placid, New York) , a school in Lake Placid, New York St. Agnes Academy-St. Dominic School , Memphis, Tennessee Saint Agnes Academy (Texas) , Houston, Texas Other [ edit ] Saint Agnes (Massimo Stanzione) , a c.  1635–1640 painting Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes ,

138-531: A view to discovering their future husbands. This superstition has been immortalised in John Keats 's poem The Eve of Saint Agnes . Since the Middle Ages, Saint Agnes has traditionally been depicted as a young girl with her long hair down, with a lamb, the symbol of both her virginal innocence and her name, and a sword (together with the palm branch an attribute of her martyrdom). The lamb, which

161-622: Is agnus in the Latin language, is also the linguistic link to the traditional blessing of lambs. Saint Agnes has been depicted with a lamb since the 4th century. On the feast of Saint Agnes, two lambs are traditionally brought from the Trappist abbey of Tre Fontane in Rome to be blessed by the Pope. In summer, the lambs are shorn, and the wool is used to weave the pallia , which the Pope gives on

184-579: Is commemorated in the Depositio Martyrum of Filocalus (354) and in the early Roman Sacramentaries. Saint Agnes' bones are conserved beneath the high altar in the church of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura in Rome, built over the catacomb that housed her tomb. Her skull is preserved in a separate chapel in the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone in Rome's Piazza Navona . Agnes is remembered in

207-434: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Agnes of Rome Agnes was born in 291 into Roman nobility, and raised as a Christian. She suffered martyrdom on 21 January 304, aged 12 or 13. Her high-ranking suitors, slighted by her resolute devotion to religious purity, sought to persecute her for her beliefs. Her father urged her to deny God, but she refused, and she

230-726: The Anglican Communion with a Lesser Festival on 21 January. St Agnes is 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 . Because of the legend around her martyrdom, Saint Agnes is patron saint of those seeking chastity and purity. She is also the patron saint of young girls and girl scouts. Folk custom called for them to practise rituals on Saint Agnes' Eve (20–21 January) with

253-609: The Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes St. Agnes Hospital (Raleigh, North Carolina) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title St. Agnes Hospital . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Agnes_Hospital&oldid=830136173 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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276-510: The Middle Ages , she has traditionally been depicted as a young girl with her long hair with a lamb (the symbol of her virginal innocence and her name), a sword, and a palm branch (an attribute of her martyrdom). Her bones are beneath the high altar of the church built over her tomb in Rome. Her skull is preserved in the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone , Rome. According to tradition, Agnes was born in 291 into Roman nobility, and raised as

299-556: The New York Public Library located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, on Amsterdam Avenue between West 81st and West 82nd Streets. St. Agnes Hospital (disambiguation) (Redirected from St. Agnes Hospital (disambiguation) ) St. Agnes Hospital may refer to: St. Agnes Hospital (Baltimore) St. Agnes Hospital (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin) operated by

322-469: The stadium floor, other Christians soaked it up with cloths. Agnes was buried beside the Via Nomentana in Rome. A few days after her death, her foster-sister, Emerentiana , was found praying by the tomb. Emerentiana claimed to be the daughter of Agnes's wet nurse . She was stoned to death after refusing to leave the place and reprimanding the people for killing her foster-sister. Emerentiana

345-497: The feast of Saint Peter and Paul to the newly appointed metropolitan archbishops as a sign of his jurisdiction and their union with the pope. This tradition of the blessing of the lambs has been known since the 16th century. The Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes is a Catholic religious community for women based in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin , US. It was founded in 1858, by Father Caspar Rehrl, an Austrian missionary, who established

368-472: The protagonist, the beautiful noblewoman Fabiola. The Eve of St. Agnes is a Romantic narrative poem written by John Keats in 1819. The instrumental song "Saint Agnes and the Burning Train" appears on the 1991 album The Soul Cages by Sting . The song "Bear's Vision of St. Agnes" appears on the 2012 album Ten Stories by rock band mewithoutYou . The St. Agnes Library is a branch of

391-529: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Saint Agnes . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint_Agnes_(disambiguation)&oldid=1242763333 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Educational institution disambiguation pages Title and name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

414-526: The sisterhood of pioneer women under the patronage of Agnes, to whom he had a particular devotion. The city of Santa Ynez, California is named after her. Hrotsvitha , the 10th-century nun and poet, wrote a heroic poem about Agnes. In the historical novel Fabiola or, the Church of the Catacombs , written by Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman in 1854, Agnes is the soft-spoken teenage cousin and confidant of

437-408: The start of Agnes's trial, Sempronius recused himself, and another figure presided. After Agnes was sentenced to death, she was led out and bound to a stake to be burned, but the bundle of wood would not burn, or the flames parted away from her. The officer in charge of the troops drew his sword and beheaded her—or, in other texts, stabbed her in the throat. It is said that when her blood poured to

460-452: The tradition, is given by the 4th-century theologian, Ambrose . The broader social circumstances of her martyrdom are believed to be largely authentic, though the legend cannot be proven true, and many details of the 5th-century Acts of Saint Agnes have been challenged. A church was built over her tomb, and her relics venerated. Agnes was venerated as a saint at least as early as the time of St Ambrose, based on an existing homily. She

483-471: Was also later canonized . The daughter of Constantine I , Constantina , was said to have been cured of leprosy after praying at Agnes's tomb. She and Emerentiana appear in the scenes from the life of Agnes on the 14th-century Royal Gold Cup in the British Museum in London. An early account of Agnes' death, stressing her young age, steadfastness and virginity, but not the legendary features of

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506-441: Was dragged naked through the streets to a brothel , then tried and sentenced to death. She was eventually beheaded , after attempts for her to be burnt at the stake failed. A few days after her death, her foster-sister Emerentiana was found praying by her tomb, and was stoned to death . An early account of Agnes, stressing her young age, steadfastness and virginity was written by the 4th-century theologian, St Ambrose . Since

529-433: Was the local governor. He urged Agnes to deny God, but she refused. The Prefect Sempronius condemned Agnes to be dragged naked through the streets to a brothel . In one account, as she prayed, her hair grew and covered her body. It was also said that all of the men who attempted to rape her were immediately struck blind. The son of the prefect was struck dead but revived after she prayed for him, causing her release. At

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