Then the prefect had her stripped and taken to the brothel. But the Lord made Agnes's hair so thick that it covered her better than a dress, and when she entered that vile place, she found the angel of the Lord waiting for her, who illuminated the room with a shining light and prepared a pure white stole for her. Thus the place of sin became a place of prayer, so much so that Agnes came out purer than when she had entered, when that great light had honoured her. (from “'Saint Agnes”', p. 141)
— JACOBUS DE VORAGINE