Agnes young biography

Agnes of Rome c. Agnes was born in into Roman nobility, and raised as a Christian. She suffered martyrdom on 21 January , aged 12 or Her high-ranking suitors, slighted by her resolute devotion to religious purity, sought to persecute her for her beliefs. Her father urged her to deny God, but she refused, and she was dragged naked through the streets to a brothel , then tried and sentenced to death.

She was eventually beheaded , after attempts for her to be burnt at the stake failed. A few days after her death, her foster-sister Emerentiana was found praying by her tomb, and was stoned to death.

Agnes Young.

An early account of Agnes, stressing her young age, steadfastness and virginity was written by the 4th-century theologian, St Ambrose. Since the Middle Ages , she has traditionally been depicted as a young girl with her long hair with a lamb the symbol of her virginal innocence and her name , a sword, and a palm branch an attribute of her martyrdom.

Her bones are beneath the high altar of the church built over her tomb in Rome. Her skull is preserved in the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone , Rome. According to tradition, Agnes was born in into Roman nobility, and raised as a Christian. She suffered martyrdom on 21 January , aged 12 or 13, and during the reign of the Roman emperor Diocletian.

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Slighted by her resolute devotion to religious purity, they submitted her name to the authorities as a follower of Christianity. He urged Agnes to deny God, but she refused. The Prefect Sempronius condemned Agnes to be dragged naked through the streets to a brothel. In one account, as she prayed, her hair grew and covered her body.