Peter’s Basilica. Although not much is known about the life of St. Agnes, there are many stories passed down since her martyrdom in the fourth century.

The image of St. Agnes, a child clutching her lamb and the palm of martyrdom, adorned the parish of my childhood. It was there I learned, and lost, the faith, and one of my telling memories of the ...

Here's her powerful prayer. Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr, refused marriage when the son of the Roman prefect proposed to her. She replied: "The one to whom I am betrothed is Christ, whom the ...