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Agnes

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Ag·nes  (gns), Saint Died c. a.d. 304.
Roman Christian who, according to tradition, was martyred as a virgin at the age of 13. She is the patron saint of young girls.
Agnes [ˈægnɪs]
n
(Biographies / Agnes, Saint (?292-?304) F, Roman, RELIGION: saint, RELIGION: martyr) Saint. ?292-?304 ad, Christian child martyr under Diocletian. Feast day: Jan. 21
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Agnes [ˈægnɪs] N → Inés


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But I know that when I saw her turn round, in the grave light of the old staircase, and wait for us, above, I thought of that window; and I associated something of its tranquil brightness with Agnes Wickfield ever afterwards.
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, through his brother, Pierre, Seigneur de Beaujeu, who had married the king's eldest daughter, and to Charles the Bold through his mother, Agnes of Burgundy.
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