Saint Agnes of Rome

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Christian martyr Late Antique Christian person venerated in the Catholic Church person venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church saint virgin-martyr

Saint Agnes of Rome is a revered early Christian virgin-martyr, traditionally depicted as a young girl who chose death over renouncing her faith and chastity, and is honored as a patron saint of purity.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Saint Agnes	7
Saint Agnes of Rome canonical	4

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian martyr ⓘ Late Antique Christian ⓘ person venerated in the Catholic Church ⓘ person venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ saint ⓘ virgin-martyr ⓘ
ageAtDeath	about 12 ⓘ
associatedAnimal	lamb ⓘ
causeOfDeath	beheading ⓘ
commemoratedOn	Roman Martyrology ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Roman Empire ⓘ
cultCenter	Rome ⓘ
dateOfBirth	c. 291 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	c. 304 ⓘ
era	Diocletianic Persecution ⓘ
etymology	name Agnes associated with Latin "agnus" (lamb) ⓘ
feastDay	21 January ⓘ
hasLegend	attempted rape thwarted by divine intervention ⓘ hair miraculously grew to cover her nakedness ⓘ
hasShrine	Basilica of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura ⓘ Sant'Agnese in Agone ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Saint ⓘ
iconographicAttribute	lamb ⓘ palm of martyrdom ⓘ young girl with long hair ⓘ
languageOfName	Latin ⓘ
liturgicalRank	memorial (Roman Rite) ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	execution ⓘ martyrdom ⓘ
mentionedIn	writings of Prudentius ⓘ writings of Saint Ambrose ⓘ writings of Saint Damasus I ⓘ
name	Agnes ⓘ
notableFor	choosing death over loss of chastity ⓘ refusing to renounce Christian faith ⓘ vow of virginity ⓘ
patronage	chastity ⓘ engaged couples ⓘ purity ⓘ Rome ⓘ surface form: the city of Rome victims of sexual assault ⓘ young girls ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Rome ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Rome ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheran churches ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diocletianic Persecution → notableMartyr → Saint Agnes of Rome ⓘ

Agnes → associatedWith → Saint Agnes of Rome ⓘ

Sant'Agnese in Agone → dedicatedTo → Saint Agnes of Rome ⓘ