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St. Agnes of Rome - Virgin and Martyr
Born - c. 291
Died - c. 304

Feastday - 21 January
One of seven women, along with the Blessed Virgin, who are commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass.

Statue created - c.1661-1662
The first statue placed on the colonnades

Sculptor - Lazzaro Morelli
It is certainly the work of Morelli as he was the only artist to receive payment by this date.

Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
She is dressed in a tunic with the attributes of the palm of martyrdom and a lamb (as the Latin word for lamb, "agnus", sounds like her name). This formed the iconography of the statue on the facade of the church of St Agnes in Agone, the traditional site of her martyrdom.

- St. Peter's Basilica: The Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano, Rome, Italy. Completed on 18 November 1626 - Photograph by Michael Ghaly for St-Takla.org, September 22, 2014.

- صور كاتدرائية القديس بطرس الرسول، الفاتيكان، روما، إيطاليا. انتهى العمل بها في 18 نوفمبر 1626 م. - تصوير مايكل غالي لموقع الأنبا تكلاهيمانوت، 22 سبتمبر 2014 م.