Sant'Agnese fuori le mura
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Saint Agnes Outside the Walls is a titular church and minor basilica in Rome located on a slope descending from the Via Nomentana. The church stands above the Catacombs of Saint Agnes, where the saint
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Catacombs of Saint Agnes
Agnes of Rome
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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 an
Sant'Agnese fuori le mura
…le mura) is a titular church and minor basilica in Rome located on a slope descending from the Via Nomentana. The church stands above the Catacombs of Saint Agnes, where the saint was originally buried and which remain accessible from the church. A larger basilica of the same name was built nearby in the 4th…
Saint Agnes by Domenichino (c. 1620)
The Martyrdom of Agnes in the Golden Legend (1497)
Agnes depicted on the medieval Royal Gold Cup in the British Museum
Drawing by Johann Overbeck of St. Agnes