Lamb of God Lamb of God sung or recited during the fraction of the Host. It is said to have been introduced into the Mass by Pope Sergius I (687–701). "Agnus Dei" has been set to music by many composers, usually as part of a Mass setting. In Christian iconography, an Agnus Dei is a visual representation of Jesus as a lamb, since the Middle Ages, usually holding a standard or banner with a cross. This normally rests on the lamb's shoulder and is held in its right foreleg. Often the cross will have a white banner suspended from it charged with a
Vitex agnus-castus cause great damage to the growth and the generative development of "Vitex agnus-castus". The insect feeds on chaste tree by sucking up the contents or puncturing them. As well chaste tree is the only known host (especially in Israel) for "Hyalesthus obsoletus". This cicada is the vector for black wood disease of grapevines. "Hyalesthus obsoletus" prefers "V. agnus-castus" as a host to the grapevine. In this case chaste tree can be used as a biological control agent by planting it around vineyards to trap the "Hyalesthus obsoletus". "V. agnus-castus" was found not only to be an appropriate food source for