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Agapito Augusto Fiorentini
Agapito is both a given name and a surname. It is the Spanish and Italian version of Agapitus of Palestrina, Agapitus. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *Pope Agapetus I (490-536), Bishop of Rome, known as Agapetos in contemporary sources. *Agapito Aquino (1939-2015), Filipino politician *Agapito Conchu, Filipino film director *Agapito Gómez (born 1963), Spanish boxer *Agapito Jiménez Zamora (1817–1879), Costa Rican politician *Agapito Lozada (1938–2011), Filipino swimmer *Agapito Mayor (1915–2005), Cuban baseball player *Agapito Sánchez (1970–2005), Dominican Republic boxer Surname: *Julio García Agapito (died 2008), Peruvian environmentalist *Lourdes Agapito, Spanish computer scientist *Oliver Agapito (born 1973), Filipino basketball player Nickname *Alejandro Garcia Padilla (1971-), Puerto Rican politician (nickname given to him by the Puerto Rican media) {{given name, type=both Spanish masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agapitus Of Palestrina
Agapitus ( it, Agapito) is venerated as a Christian martyrs, martyr saint, who died on August 18, perhaps in 274, a date that the latest editions of the Roman Martyrology say is uncertain. According to his legend, 16-year-old Agapitus, who may have been a member of the noble Anicia family of Palestrina, was condemned to death, under the prefect Antiochus and the Roman Emperor, Emperor Aurelian, for being a Early Christians, Christian. After being captured and tortured during the persecution of Aurelian, he was taken to the local arena in Palestrina and Damnatio ad bestias, thrown to the wild beasts. However, the animals refused to touch him and he was thus beheaded. Veneration Agapitus is mentioned in the ancient martyrologies, including the ''Martyrologium Hieronymianum'' of Jerome, the Fulda monastery, Fulda Martyrology. Based on doubts regarding the details of his martyrdom, some of which were related in earlier editions of the Roman Martyrology, editions from the end of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |