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Icons of St. Faith, the
Virgin-Martyr of Agens in France
Feast: Oct. 6
St. Faith was from Agens in
Aquitaine, and lived in the Roman Empire in the time of emperor
Maximian. When she refused to do sacrifice to the pagan deities
(demons), the governor Dacian had her roasted upon a grate of bronze,
but a miraculous rain extinguished the flames. Put to shame, the
governor had her beheaded, upon the 6th day of October around the year
300. St. Faith was only 12 years old when she won the contest of
martyrdom by her love of Our Lord. Holy Virgin-Martyr Faith, pray to
God for us!
Top Icon: by the hand of
iconographer Janet Jaime, courtesy of the iconographer.
Next Icon: by the hand of Eva
Vlavianos, of Boulogne, France.
Source for the topmost image
is unknown, but the drawing appears to have come from the ECOF (Church
of France). Viewer assistance is appreciated.
Beneath the iconic drawing are
shown two reliquaries containing sacred relics of St. Faith; the upper
one, in the form of a statue, is of from the late 10th to the 11th c.,
from the Auvergne region.
The lower reliquary is of
unknown provenance. It rests in the Abbey of Barroux, near Agens where
St. Faith suffered.
Since the 8th or 9th century
the relics of St. Faith have rested in the town of Conques, in this
church:
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