Because of the nature of her martyrdom, the Church honors St. Agnes as the patron saint of girls, chastity, virgins, and victims of rape. A lamb is wreathed in flowers during a special Mass for the ...

Agnes is one of those seven women (along with Felicity, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy et al.) mentioned in the First Eucharistic Prayer. All seven were martyrs. We met St. Lucy last month. We’ll meet St.

Pope Francis observed the feast of St. Agnes on Thursday with the time-honored custom of the blessing of lambs, whose wool will be used to make palliums, a vestment worn by metropolitan archbishops ...

The Holy Synod approved the enlistment of the Holy Virginmartyr Agnes (feast day on January 21st) in the calendar of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The decision was taken during the working session of ...

The stories surrounding St. Agnes’ life and death are varied. We know the place of her burial, her approximate age, and the place where she was martyred. Much less is known about her life, though ...