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Agnes(Saint Agnes)
291 - St. Agnes was born in Rome.
304 - Martyred in the Piazza Navona, Rome on January 21, 304 AD.
350 - A church was built over her tomb. She is the Patron Saint of betrothed couples, chastity, engaged couples, gardeners, Girl Scout, rape victims, virgins.
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- "The truest expression of a people is in its dance and music."
- "Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows, We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark."
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