Agnes of Rome
Christian martyr
b. c. 291 · d. 21 Jan 304
Agnes of Rome was a Roman Christian adolescent who was executed for her faith in the 4th century. She is venerated as a virgin martyr and as a saint in the Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodox Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, as well as the Anglican Communion and Lutheran Churches. She is one of several virgin martyrs commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass, and one of many Christians martyred during the reign of the Roman emperor Diocletian.
Events
Commemorated
Places
- Rome death
- Sant'Agnese fuori le mura burial
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Depositio Martyrum (the Chronograph of 354, part 12) 1 claim — The martyrdom of Agnes
- On the Deaths of the Persecutors (De Mortibus Persecutorum) 1 claim — Great Persecution