1870-1960 AD., Germany, religious medal on Agnes of Rome and Mary, bronze.
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Deutschland, religiöse Medaille, ca. 1870-1960 AD.,
Bronze Medaille (23-41 mm / 7,25 g), mit Öse, ovale Form,
Obv.: HEILIGE AGNES - BITTE FÃœR UNS ! , die Hl. Agnes stehend, mit Martyrerpalme und Lamm auf dem Arm, als Patronin der Jungfrauen, Verlobten sowie der Keuschheit.
Rev.: O MARIA, OHNE SÜNDE - EMPFANGEN. BITTE F. UNS , die Hl. Maria stehend, die Hände ausgebreitet, davon Strahlen nach unten ausgehend.
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auf Grund der Oxidation und Verkrustungen wohl ein Bodenfund
Agnes of Rome (c. 291 – c. 304) is a virgin–martyr, venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, and Lutheranism. 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 word for "lamb", agnus. The name "Agnes" is actually derived from the feminine Greek adjective "hagnÄ“" (á¼Î³Î½Î®) meaning "chaste, pure, sacred".
According to tradition, Saint Agnes was a member of the Roman nobility born c. 291 and raised in a Christian family. She suffered martyrdom at the age of twelve or thirteen during the reign of the Roman Emperor Diocletian, on 21 January 304.
The Prefect Sempronius wished Agnes to marry his son, and on Agnes' refusal he condemned her to death. As Roman law did not permit the execution of virgins, Sempronius had a naked Agnes dragged through the streets to a brothel. Various versions of the legend give different methods of escape from this predicament.
Mary (Aramaic, Hebrew: מרי×, MaryÄm, Miriam; Arabic:مريم, Maryam), commonly referred to as "Saint Mary", "Mother Mary", the "Virgin Mary", the "Blessed Virgin Mary", or "Mary, Mother of God", was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee. She is identified in the New Testament[Mt 1:16,18-25] [Lk 1:26-56] [2:1-7] and in the Quran as the mother of Jesus through divine intervention.
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