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
Santa Maria a Vico, province of Teramo built. The interior houses 14th-century frescoes, in poor state of conservation, depicting an "Enthroned Madonna and Child", an "Annunciation", another "Madonna with Child", a half-length "Blessing Christ inside a clypeus (shield)", and a "Saint John the Evangelist". The portal is carved with the Agnus Dei surrounded by the symbols of the Evangelists: as well as floral and geometric motives. Santa Maria a Vico, province of Teramo Santa Maria a Vico is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church located near the town of Sant’Omero, province of Teramo, region of Abruzzo, Italy. Tradition holds the church was built before the year 1000, atop