Saint Agapius of Caesarea

Also known as

• Agapio

Memorial

• 19 August
• formerly 20 November

Profile

Arrested three times during the persecutions of Diocletian, but realeased each time. On his fourth arrest he was imprisoned for two years, then offered his freedom if he would renounce Christianity; he declined. Martyr.

Born

• Caesarea, Palestine

Died

• c.306
• chained to a convicted murdered and mauled by animals in the public amphitheatre
• still refusing to deny his faith, he was mauled by a bear
• still refusing to deny his faith, he was weighted with stones and drowned

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Agapius of Caesarea“. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 March 2013. Web. 20 June 2013. <>