Agnus (Latin for

lamb Lamb or The Lamb may refer to: * A young sheep * Lamb and mutton, the meat of sheep Arts and media Film, television, and theatre * ''The Lamb'' (1915 film), a silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks Sr. in his screen debut * ''The Lamb'' (1918 ...

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People with the surname

Felix Agnus Felix Agnus (4 July 1839 – 31 October 1925) was a French-born sculptor, newspaper publisher and soldier who served in the Franco-Austrian War and the American Civil War. Agnus studied sculpture before enlisting to fight in the Franco-Austrian ...

(1839-1925), American military officer and newspaper publisher

Religion

* ''

Agnus Dei is the Latin name under which the " Lamb of God" is honoured within the Catholic Mass and other Christian liturgies descending from the Latin liturgical tradition. It is the name given to a specific prayer that occurs in these liturgies, and ...

'' (Latin: "Lamb of God") ** referring to

Jesus Christ Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...

as divine sacrificial lamb ** an early prayer of the

breviary A breviary (Latin: ''breviarium'') is a liturgical book used in Christianity for praying the canonical hours, usually recited at seven fixed prayer times. Historically, different breviaries were used in the various parts of Christendom, such a ...

Places and jurisdictions

Agnus (Egypt) Agnus () was an ancient city and bishopric in Roman Egypt and remains a Latin Catholic titular see. Its modern location in present Egypt is unclear. History Agnus was important enough in the late Roman province of Aegyptus Primus to be one of th ...

, an Ancient city and former bishopric in Aegyptus Primus, now a Latin Catholic titular see *

Agnus (Attica) Agnus or Agnous ( grc, Ἀγνοῦς), also Hagnus or Hagnous (Ἁγνοῦς) was a deme of ancient Attica. From the mythical story of the war of the Pallantidae against Theseus, we learn that the demoi of Pallene, Gargettus, and Agnus were ad ...

, a deme of ancient Attica

Biology

* ''Agnus scythicus'', Latin for

Vegetable Lamb of Tartary The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary (Latin: ''Agnus scythicus'' or ''Planta Tartarica Barometz'') is a legendary zoophyte of Central Asia, once believed to grow sheep as its fruit. It was believed the sheep were connected to the plant by an umbilical ...

, a mythologic lamb-plant * ''Agnus'' (beetle), a

stag beetle Stag beetles are a family of about 1,200 species of beetles in the family Lucanidae, currently classified in four subfamilies.Smith, A.B.T. (2006). A review of the family-group names for the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with corrections ...

genus

Technology

MOS Technology Agnus The MOS Technology "Agnus", usually called Agnus, is an integrated circuit in the custom chipset of the Amiga computer. The Agnus, Denise and Paula chips collectively formed the OCS and ECS chipsets. The Agnus is the Address Generator Chip. ...

, an integrated circuit in the OCS chipset of the Commodore Amiga computer {{disambiguation, geo, surname