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Agnes
was born in Rome in the late third century When she was 13,
an older wealthy man demanded that she marry his son, but she
said that she liked Jesus better. Outraged by her rejection
he threw her, naked, on the town square, and her hair miraculously
began to grow to conceal her. A man, upon seeing her young nude
body, convulsed, went blind, and died. Thus, considered a witch,
she was sentenced to burn. Legend has it that, although kissed
by the flames, she didn't perish and ironically her executioners
went up in smoke. She was eventually martyrized and later seen
at her graveside holding a white lamb, which is her traditional
symbol. On the eve of her feast day, unmarried girls are said
to dream of their husbands-to-be, if they fast for twenty-four
hours and eat an egg with salt before going to bed. Agnes is
also the patron of girl scouts, virgins, gardeners, betrothed
couples and bodily purity. Her feast day is January 21. |
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