Saint Agabus
- Also known as
- Agabus the Prophet
- Memorial
- 13 February
- Profile
- Jewish convert.
Mentioned in Acts 11:28-29.
Had the gift of prophecy, and predicted an empire-wide famine that occurred in 49.
Probably the one who predicted Paul's imprisonment in Jerusalem in Acts 21:10.
- Born
- in Antioch
- Died
- martyred in Antioch in the 1st century
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
-
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Online
Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
- Translate
-
español | français | deutsch | italiano | português
- Readings
- At that time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch, and one of them named Agabus stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine all over the world, and it happened under Claudius.
So the disciples determined that, according to ability, each should send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea.
-Acts 28:27-29