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.

Agnes and her grandmother entered the city of Rome just as the twilight had faded into night; and though Agnes, full of faith and enthusiasm, was longing to begin immediately the ecstatic vision 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 ...