A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1890)
Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 55
t. Sancta Agnus. Ital. SantAgnese, Sp. Santa Inez;Fr. Ste. Agnes.) St.Agnes was a Romanmaiden of great beauty,and a Christian from herinfancy. She was notmore than thirteen yearsold, when the son of theprefect Sempronius sawher, and so loved her thathe sought her for his wife.But she refused his… … Schoen.) St. Agnes. Then the physicians said, This youth is sick of unrequited love, andour art can avail nothing. When the prefect questioned his son,he told his father of his love for Agnes, and that, unless she wouldbe his wife, he must die. Then Sempronius begged of Agnes andher parents that…
Art and mythology · Christian art and symbolism
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