Agnus (Latin for lamb) can be used to refer to :

People with the surname

Felix Agnus Felix Agnus (4 May 1839 – 31 October 1925) (born Antoine-Felix) was a French-born sculptor, newspaper publisher and soldier who served in the Franco-Austrian War and the American Civil War. Agnus studied sculpture before enlisting to fight i ...

(1839-1925), American military officer and newspaper publisher

Religion

* ''

Agnus Dei is the Latin name under which the "Lamb of God" is honoured within Christian liturgies descending from the historic Latin liturgical tradition, including those of Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism and Anglicanism. It is the name given to a spec ...

'' (Latin: "Lamb of God") ** referring to

Jesus Christ Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the Jesus in Chris ...

as divine sacrificial lamb ** an early prayer of the

breviary A breviary () is a liturgical book used in Christianity for praying the canonical hours, usually recited at seven fixed prayer times. Historically, different breviaries were used in the various parts of Christendom, such as Aberdeen Breviar ...

Places and jurisdictions

Agnus (Egypt) Agnou (, , ) was an ancient city and bishopric in Egypt. It was located on the strip of land between the lake Burullus and the Mediterranean Sea, near the modern village al-Hanafi al-Kubra (). It remains a Latin Catholic titular see. History A ...

, an Ancient city and former bishopric in Aegyptus Primus, now a Latin Catholic titular see *

Agnus (Attica) Hagnus () was a deme of ancient Attica. From the mythical story of the war of the Pallantidae against Theseus, we learn that the demoi of Pallene, Gargettus, and Agnus were adjacent. When Pallas was marching from Sphettus in the Mesogaea again ...

, a deme of ancient Attica

Biology

* ''Agnus scythicus'', Latin for

Vegetable Lamb of Tartary The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary (Latin: or ) is a legendary zoophyte of Central Asia, once believed to grow sheep as its fruit. It was believed the sheep were connected to the plant by an umbilical cord and grazed the land around the plant. When ...

, a mythologic lamb-plant * ''Agnus'' (beetle), a

stag beetle Stag beetles comprise the family Lucanidae. It has about 1,200 species of beetles in four subfamilies.Smith, A.B.T. (2006). A review of the family-group names for the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with corrections to nomenclature and a c ...

genus

Technology

* MOS Technology Agnus, an integrated circuit in the OCS chipset of the Commodore Amiga computer {{disambiguation, geo, surname