St Agnes - Zamora, CA
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N 38° 47.774 W 121° 52.927
10S E 597077 N 4294757
A statue of St Agnes in front of the church which bares her name. The statue was unveiled in May 2004 by the Bishop of Sacramento.
Waymark Code: WM77W6
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/15/2009
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"Agnes of Rome (c. 291 – c.304) is a virgin-martyr, venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, the Anglican Communion, and in Eastern Orthodoxy. She is one of seven women, excluding the Blessed Virgin, commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass. She is the patron saint of chastity, gardeners, girls, engaged couples, rape victims, and virgins.
She is also known as Saint Agnes and Saint Ines. Her memorial, which commemorates her martyrdom, is 21 January in both the Roman Catholic calendar of saints and in the General Roman Calendar of 1962. The 1962 calendar includes a second feast on 28 January, which commemorates her birthday. Agnes is depicted in art with a lamb, as her name resembles the Latin agnus. The name "Agnes" is actually derived from the feminine Greek adjective "hagne" meaning "chaste, pure, sacred"." (
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