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Icon nb 109
Size : 42 x 20 cm.
Linden board
Gilded halo. Egg tempera.
Tradition tells us that St. Agnes was born circa 290 A.D. to a wealthy family of nobility in Rome. Her family believed in Christ and introduced Agnes to the truth of the Christian faith. Her name, Agnes, comes from the Greek, meaning “chaste, pure and sacred.” It is believed that Agnes died in the last wave of Christian persecutions that took place in the Roman Empire by Diocletian in 304 A.D.
Agnes was young (probably about 12 or 13 years of age) and very beautiful. Her parents hoped that she would marry. However, Agnes had promised herself to God and desired to give her purity as a gift back to the Lord. Read more...
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