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The Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes is a Catholic religious community for women based in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, US. It was founded in 1858, by Father Caspar Rehrl, an Austrian missionary, who established the sisterhood of pioneer women under the patronage of Agnes, to whom he had a particular devotion.
The Church of Saint Agnes is a Catholic church of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The parish was founded in 1887 and the current church building was completed in 1912 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [2]
Mother Agnes Hazotte (1847 - 1905) [3] directed the move from Barton to Fond du Lac, WI, in 1870. She also authorized the staffing by Sisters of St. Agnes of Leo House for German Catholic immigrants in NYC in 1889. [4] Mother Agnes served as the leader of the Congregation until her death in 1905.
St. Agnes of Poitiers is a French saint and abbess, who was "recognized for her holiness and intelligence" and called "model of the conventual life". [1] She served as abbess of Holy Cross convent in Poitiers , France until her death in 586.
St. Agnes is now part of The Parish of St. Catherine of Siena and St. Agnes, a Roman Catholic parish church in Riverside & Greenwich, Connecticut, part of the Diocese of Bridgeport. The church architecture is notable as an example of the adaptive reuse of an early twentieth-century estate carriage house; it has been substantially renovated over ...
St. Agnes Cathedral is a Roman Catholic Cathedral in Rockville Centre, New York, on Long Island. It is the seat of the Diocese of Rockville Centre. The Most Reverend John Oliver Barres is the ordinary bishop of the Diocese and pastor of the Cathedral parish. The Saint Agnes Cathedral School is on campus with the cathedral.
The church of Saint Agnes Outside the Walls (Italian: Sant'Agnese fuori le mura) is a titular church, a minor basilica in Rome, on a site sloping down from the Via Nomentana, which runs north-east out of the city, still under its ancient name. [1] What are said to be the remains of Saint Agnes are below the high altar.
In 1253, Agnes returned to Assisi to nurse her sister Clare during the latter's illness. Shortly thereafter Agnes died, on 16 November 1253. [4] Her remains were interred with those of her sister at the Basilica of St. Clare at Assisi. [1] Agnes's feast day is the anniversary of her death, 16 November.