Stained Glass
I stumbled upon a Wikipedia page with hundreds of stained glass window pics of saints. Here's one of St. Agnes ....
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Cool page - although it's not from Wikipedia but something called www.marysrosaries.com.
I wish they had links, though, to information about the saints and the stained glass.
Do you think "Agnes" was her original name if she was in Rome? Perhaps Medieval Man can answer that. I suppose it's close enough to the Latin Agnus. It just sounds so English or Irish to me.
That is a cool site.
According to fons veritatis:
"Agnes is a female given name, which derives from the Greek word hagnē, meaning "pure" or "holy". The Latinized form of the Greek name is Hagnes, the feminine form of Hagnos, meaning "chaste" or "sacred". The name passed to Italian as Agnese, to (Portuguese) as Inês, and to Spanish, as Inés."
It would not be strange to have people with Greek names in Rome at that time, especially Christians in touch with the world of Greek Christianity to the east. "Agnes" is like "agnus", but it only sounds alike. It has made the lamb a symbol of St. Agnes, and my friend and colleague Steve informs me that the wool for the archbishop's pallia is blessed on the Feast of St. Agnes.
Hi William,
Yeah, I couldn't see anything telling where the windows were or who the artists were. I came upon them while looking at Wikipedia for images in the public domain.
Liam,
So that's why she's holding a lamb? Thanks for the info :)
No stained glass information below but some about our daily saints..?
AmericanCatholic.org goodnews@americancatholic.org
January 21, 2009
St. Agnes
(d. 258?)
Almost nothing is known of this saint except that she was very young-12 or 13-when she was martyred in the last half of the third century. Various modes of death have been suggested-beheading, burning, strangling.
Legend has it she was a beautiful girl whom many young men wanted to marry. Among those she refused, one reported her to the authorities as being a Christian. She was arrested and confined to a house of prostitution. The legend continues that a man who looked upon her lustfully lost his sight and had it restored by her prayer. She was condemned, executed and buried near Rome in a catacomb that eventually was named after her. The daughter of Constantine built a basilica in her honor.
Thank you sinner vic :)
Thanks for the information about St. Agnes, Victor :)
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