The altar dedicated to St. Agnes of Rome in the Sant’Agnese in Agone, a 17th-century Baroque church in Rome, located where the saint was martyred in the ancient Stadium of Domitian. Credit ...

On Christmas Eve in 1517, a saint ... Rome’s Piazza Navona, the Basilica of Sant’Andrea della Valle, the Theatine order’s basilica in the Eternal City, a grand altarpiece painting and a ...

At first glance, this selection from the Gospel of Mark might seem discordant with the Memorial of St. Agnes of Rome, which the church celebrates today. Born into a noble Roman family and raised ...