Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB

Sacred Music for the Liturgy

by Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB. Copyright 2018-2026 Saint Meinrad Archabbey. All rights reserved.

Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr

Memorial · White · 21 January

In January

About this day

Agnes was a Roman girl of about twelve or thirteen who was martyred for her faith in the persecutions of the late third or early fourth century and buried in a catacomb outside Rome that bears her name. Little else about her is known for certain.

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Music

Mass

Divine Office: Vespers (Evening Prayer)

From the Common of Martyrs: A Virgin Martyr

From the Common of Virgins: One Virgin

From the Missal

The Missal takes this day’s antiphons from the Common of Martyrs: A Virgin Martyr, or the Common of Virgins: One Virgin.