Pope Saint Agapitus I
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- Also known as
- Agapetus
- Memorial
- 20 September
- Profile
- Son of a priest named Gordian; his father was murdered.
Archdeacon of the priests of Rome.
Elected pope when a very old man, he reigned for less than a year.
Died while on a mission to prevent the invasion of Italy by Justinian.
He failed in that, but succeeded in having the Monophysite Patriarch of Constantinople, Anthimus, replaced by the more orthodox Mennas.
- Born
- in Rome
- Papal Ascension
- 13 May 535
- Died
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22 April 536 in Constantinople of natural causes
interred in Saint Peter's Cathedral, Rome
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
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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
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