Sunday, January 21, 2007

January 21 - Feast Day

Saint Agnes

Feast Day: January 21
Symbol:young woman bearing a palm leaf or sword and holding a lamb

Agnes, is one of the four great virgin martyrs of the Christian Church and died for her faith in the early fourth century. St. Agnes, chose not to marry and was prepared to die for the sake of her faith and her virginity as "the bride of Christ", rather than become the wife of the son of a Roman prefect.

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