The Story of Saint Agnes, 12-Year-Old Catholic Killed Because She Held Fast to Her Faith, Told by St. Ambrose, a Father of the Church

[mdgspencer]

see crossroadsinitiative.com/media/articles/agnesvirginandmartyr/
Saint Agnes has been greatly revered by Catholics from early times; she one of the saints who is commemorated by name in the mass. She was betrayed to the pagan authorities by enraged suiters as a Christian after she rejected them. Her bones are kept under the high altar in a church in Rome.

 

[PluniaZ]

Saint Agnes, pray for us.

 

[ClearWater]

Yes, St. Agnes pray for us.

 

[Belshazzar]

see crossroadsinitiative.com/media/articles/agnesvirginandmartyr/
Saint Agnes has been greatly revered by Catholics from early times; she one of the saints who is commemorated by name in the mass. She was betrayed to the pagan authorities by enraged suiters as a Christian after she rejected them. Her bones are kept under the high altar in a church in Rome.

I knew I had read this story earlier and then I remembered it was from the Office of Readings from the LOTH on her feast day, Jan 21.

 

[Nelka]

Saint Agnes, pray for us.