{"id":669,"date":"2010-11-20T10:24:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-20T10:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/billykangas\/2010\/11\/saint-of-the-week-agnes-of-assisi.html"},"modified":"2010-11-20T10:24:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-20T10:24:00","slug":"saint-of-the-week-agnes-of-assisi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/billykangas\/2010\/11\/saint-of-the-week-agnes-of-assisi.html","title":{"rendered":"Saint of the Week: Agnes of Assisi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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Most people know about St. Francis of Assisi, the man who started the Franciscans and devoted himself to a life of poverty to rebuild the church, and many people know about St. Clare of Assisi, who followed his example and founded the her own monastic community based on Francis\u2019 own.<\/p>\n

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However not too many people talk about Agnes of Assisi.\n

This week the Church remembers Agnes, who followed her sister into the monastic life. After loosing two daughters to this religious fervor Clare and Agnes\u2019 father sent their uncle to remove Agnes. Purportedly he was stopped from removing them miraculously. When he tried to strike Agnes his arm went limp, and then when he tried to carry agnes off she become so heavy to no one could lift her.<\/p>\n

She is the patroness of:
\u2022affianced couples
\u2022betrothed couples
\u2022bodily purity
\u2022chastity
\u2022Children of Mary
\u2022Colegio Capranica of Rome
\u2022crops
\u2022engaged couples
\u2022gardeners
\u2022Girl Scouts
\u2022girls
\u2022Manresa, Spain
\u2022rape victims
\u2022Rockville Centre, New York, diocese of
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