Agnes

Agnes, ST, according to legend, was a beautiful Roman Christian in the time of Diocletian, who, having in her thirteenth year refused the heathen son of the pretor, was exposed in a public brothel. The miraculous growth of her hair, the blinding of the pretor's son, his restoration to sight, and the refusal of the flames to touch her—all could not save her from the executioner's sword. Her festival falls on January 21, and her symbol is a lamb. See PALLIUM.