AGNES, ST

(d. 303), according to tra-. dition, Christian maiden (aged 13) of Rom. birth who suffered martyrdom at hands of Prefect Sempronius (during reign of Diocletian) because she refused to marry his heathen son; patron et Me virgins; symbol, a lamb; festival, an, 21. Amer. surgeon; during Civil War noted for operations in cases of bullet wounds.