See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

SAINT See also:

• SAINT AGNES

AGNES  , a virgin See also:

• MARTYR (Gr. pimp or µaprvs)

martyr of the See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church . The See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend of St See also:

• AGNES, SAINT

Agnes is that she was a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman maid, by See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth a See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian, who suffered martyrdom when but thirteen during the reign of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• DIOCLETIAN (GAIUs AURELIUS VALERIUS DIOCLETIANUS) (A.D. 245–313)
• DIOCLETIAN, EDICT OF (De Pretiis rerum venalium)

Diocletian, on the 21st of See also:

• JANUARY

January 304 . The See also:

• PREFECT (prefet)

prefect Sempronius wished her to marry his son, and on her refusal condemned her to be outraged before her See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution, but her See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour was miraculously preserved . When led out to See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die she was tied to a stake, but the faggots would not See also:

• BURN, RICHARD (1709-1785)

burn, where-upon the officer in See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the troops See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew his See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword and struck off her See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head . St Agnes is the See also:

• PATRON

patron See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint of See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young girls, who, in rural districts, formerly indulged in all sorts of See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country magic on St Agnes' See also:

• EVE

Eve (2oth–21st January) with a view to discovering their future husbands . This superstition has been immortalized in See also:

• KEATS, JOHN (1795-1821)

Keats's poem, " The Eve of St Agnes." St Agnes's bones are supposed to See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest in the church of her name at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, originally built by See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine and repaired by See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• HONORIUS
• HONORIUS, FLAVIUS (384-423)

Honorius in the 7th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Here on her festival (21st of January) two See also:

• LAMBS

lambs are specially blessed after pontifical high See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass, and their See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool is later See also:

• WOVEN

woven into pallia (see See also:

• PALLIUM

PALLIUM) .