Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Agapius (St.) Of Palestine was exposed to the wild beasts at Cesarea in 306 (or 307) by order of Cesar Maximin, but, surviving this ordeal, was drowned on the second day after. The Roman martyrologies commemorate him Nov. 20, and again Aug. 19, with Sts. Timotheus and Thecla, which is the day on which the … Continue reading “Agapius (St.) Of Palestine”

Agapius one of Manes’ twelve disciples.’ Petrus Siculus ‘and Pliotius mention a book of his entitled Heptalogus; and Photius (Biblioih. cod. 179) gives an account of two other works of his, dedicated to a female: follower named Urania. In them Agapius maintains the doctrine of the two principles, the sinful nature of the body, and … Continue reading “Agapius”

Agapitus, Saint (259-274) Martyr , died Palestrina, Italy . A youth of fifteen, he was thrown to the wild beasts in the arena, but was miraculously preserved; this miracle converted many; the judge therefore ordered the saint to be beheaded. Two churches in Palestrina are dedicated to him; his heroic martyrdom was an example to … Continue reading “Agapitus, Saint”

Agapetus II, Pope Reigned from 946 to 956 . Born in Rome. Elected to the papacy, 946 , he labored to restore ecclesiastical discipline, and supported Otto the Great in evangelization of the North, urging him with other nobles to invade Italy for the purpose of restoring order. He reigned well during a difficult period. … Continue reading “Agapetus II, Pope”

Agapetus II pope, A.D. 946, was a Roman by birth, and was chosen, like his predecessor, by the faction of Alberic. The first action of the pope was to establish his political rule over the churches of the empire. For this purpose he sent Marinus, bishop of Bormazo, in Tuscany, as a legate to the … Continue reading “Agapetus II”

Agapetus I, Saint Pope (Greek: beloved) Reigned from 13 May 535 to 22 April 536. Born in Italy ; died in Constantinople. He confirmed decrees against the Arians , went to Constantinople in state to persuade Emperor Justinian to abandon his Italian projects, and while there deposed the heretical patriarch, Anthimus. The Orientals were impressed … Continue reading “Agapetus I, Saint Pope”

Agapetus I, Pope Saint (Also AGAPITUS.) Reigned 535-536. Date of birth uncertain; died 22 April, 536. He was the son of Gordianus, a Roman priest who had been slain during the riots in the days of Pope Symmachus. His first official act was to burn in the presence of the assembled clergy the anathema which … Continue reading “Agapetus I, Pope Saint”

Agapetus I pope, son of Gordianus, a priest, by birth a Roman; succeeded John II in the papacy, April 21st (29th, Cave), 535. Theodatus, the king of the Goths in Italy, alarmed at the conquests of Belisarius, obliged Agapetus to proceed to Constantinople to sue for peace from the Emperor Justinian. This the pope was … Continue reading “Agapetus I”

Agapetus De Dr. Cornu abbot of Campredon, died of grief, A.D. 817, upon the accidental destruction by fire of his library. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Agapetus, bp. of Rome Agapetus, bp. of Rome, was, we are told, a Roman by birth, the son of Gordianus a priest (Anast. quoted by Clinton, Fasti Romani, p. 763; Jaff, Regesta Pontificum, p. 73). He was already an old man when, six days after the death of Johannes II., he was elected pope in … Continue reading “Agapetus, bp. of Rome”