Saint Agapitus the Deacon

Memorial

• 7 August

Profile

Deacon. Martyred with Pope Saint Sixtus II and other deacons.

Died

• beheaded on 6 August 258 in a cemetery on the Appian Way, Rome, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
• Roman Martyrology, 3rd Turin edition
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Agapitus the Deacon”. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 August 2012. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-agapitus-the-deacon/>