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St Agnes Sterling Silver Medal
At around 12 or 13 years old Agnes was ordered to sacrifice to pagan gods and lose her virginity by rape. She was taken to a Roman temple to Minerva (Athena), and when led to the altar, she made the Sign of the Cross. She was threatened, then tortured when she refused to turn against God. Several young men presented themselves, offering to marry her. She said that to do so would be an insult to her heavenly Spouse, that she would keep her consecrated virginity intact, accept death, and see Christ. She was beheaded and burned on 21 January 254 or 304 (sources vary) at Rome and was buried beside the Via Nomentana in Rome She is mentioned in the first Eucharistic prayer. On her feast day two lambs are blessed at her church in Rome, and then their wool is woven into the palliums (bands of white wool) which the pope confers on archbishops as symbol of their jurisdiction. St Agnes is the patron saint of affianced couples; betrothed couples; bodily purity; chastity; Children of Mary; Colegio Capranica of Rome; crops; engaged couples; gardeners; Girl Scouts; girls; rape victims; diocese of Rockville Centre, New York; virgins Her feast day is 21 January The medal is approx. 19mm in diameter and comes on a 45 cm stainless steel chain. Click Add To Cart to order this product. Email sales@rosarybeads.com.au with any questions about this or any of our other products. |
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