St. Agnes of Rome
A Roman girl martyred and buried near the Via Nomentana, so young that Ambrose put her age at twelve and Augustine at thirteen.
Canonized
St. Agnes of Rome (Catholic Encyclopedia)
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 21 January.
- Catholic Encyclopedia (Herbermann, 1907-1913), 'St. Agnes of Rome' — assigns the feast to 21 January; notes Ambrose gives her age as twelve and Augustine as thirteen, and that the persecution in which she died is not known with certainty. https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01214a.htm