Saint Agnes of Poitiers

Memorial

• 13 May

Profile

Nun. Abbess of Holy Cross convent, a house of 200 sisters, Poitiers, France, assigned there by Saint Radegund. Introduced a rule given to her by Saint Caesarus of Arles. Friend of the poet Saint Venantius Fortunatus.

Died

• 588 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Agnes of Poitiers”. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 May 2012. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-agnes-of-poitiers/>