What was St. Agnes' miracle?

Answer 1

A:

Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat was lucky in that a fire that engulfed neighbouring houses did not reach her house at the time her mother when into labour and she was born. Years later, she humourously described her birth "by fire" as a miracle, and this tag stuck until it became accepted that she really had been saved for her task in life by a miracle.

Answer 2

Miracles were not required for declaring a person a saint in the early

years of Chrisitianity. The person would have been declared a saint by

popular acclamation to a bishop based on the lives and merits of the

candidate. This was especially true if the person died the death of a

martyr as it was felt that making this ultimate sacrifice for Our Lord

would be an automatic designation of that person as a saint.

Even today, miracles are not always a requirement for canonization,

especially in the case of martyrs.