Agnus
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Agnus (Latin for lamb) can be used to refer to :
People with the surname
[edit]- Felix Agnus (1839-1925), American military officer and newspaper publisher
Religion
[edit]- Agnus Dei (Latin: "Lamb of God")
- referring to Jesus Christ as divine sacrificial lamb
- an early prayer of the breviary
Places and jurisdictions
[edit]- Agnus (Egypt), an Ancient city and former bishopric in Aegyptus Primus, now a Latin Catholic titular see
- Agnus (Attica), a deme of ancient Attica
Biology
[edit]- Agnus scythicus, Latin for Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, a mythologic lamb-plant
- Agnus (beetle), a stag beetle genus
Technology
[edit]- MOS Technology Agnus, an integrated circuit in the OCS chipset of the Commodore Amiga computer