21/01/2026
Today, we remember St. Agnes of Rome. Martyr and patron saint of those seeking chastity and purity. She is also the patron saint of young girls and girl scouts.
At an early age 12 or 13 Agnes was ordered to be sacrificed to pagan gods and lose her virginity by r**e. She was taken to a Roman temple to Minerva (Athena), and when she was led to the altar, she made the Sign of the Cross. She was threatened, then tortured when she refused to turn against God. Several young men presented themselves, offering to marry her. She said that to do so would be an insult to her heavenly spouse, that she would keep her consecrated virginity intact, accept death, and see Christ.
According to official documentation of the Catholic Church (Laudate), She was beheaded and burned, or tortured and stabbed to death, or stabbed in the throat (sources vary) on 21 January 254 or 304 (sources vary) at Rome, Italy and was buried beside the Via Nomentana in Rome.
St. Agnes of Rome, pray for us!
