Agapito Duarte Hernández
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]   |
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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]   |
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Pope Agapetus I
Pope Agapetus I (489/490 – 22 April 536) was the bishop of Rome from 13 May 535 to his death. His father, Gordianus, was a priest in Rome and he may have been related to two previous popes, Felix III and Gregory I. In 536, Agapetus traveled to Constantinople at the behest of King Theodahad of the Ostrogoths and unsuccessfully tried to persuade Emperor Justinian I to call off a Byzantine invasion of the Ostrogoth kingdom. While in Constantinople, Agapetus also deposed the patriarch Anthimus I and personally consecrated his successor who is Mennas of Constantinople. Four of Agapetus’ letters from this period have survived: two addressed to Justinian, one to the bishops of Africa, and one to the Bishop of Carthage. Agapetus was canonized in both the Catholic and Orthodox traditions; his feast day is 20 September in the former and 22 April in the latter. Family Agapetus was born in Rome, although his exact date of birth is unknown. He was the son of Gordianus, a Roman pries ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agapito Aquino
Agapito "Butz" Aquino (May 20, 1939 – August 17, 2015) was a Senator of the Philippines from 1987 to 1995, congressman from Makati and a part-time film and television actor. He was born to former senator Benigno S. Aquino Sr. and Aurora Aquino-Aquino. He was the brother of former senators Benigno S. Aquino Jr. and Tessie Aquino-Oreta, as well as the uncle of Former President Benigno S. Aquino III and Former senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV. Early life Aquino was born at May 20, 1939. His father is the former senator Benigno Aquino Sr. and his mother is Aurora Aquino. His siblings are Benigno S. "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., Paul Aquino, Maria Teresa Aquino-Oreta, Maria Gerarda Aquino, Maria Guadalupe Aquino and, Maria Aurora Aquino. Early career He started out as an entrepreneur and was the President of Mofire Fiberglass Inc. from the 1970s until the 1980s. In that period, he wasn't interested in politics. He was said to be cynical about politics and believed that it was a " ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agapito Conchu
Agapito Conchu, also known as Agapito Concho (born 1895, date of death unknown) was a Filipino silent film director of the mid-1930s. He was born in 1895 and made his directorial debut in the silent movie film '' Ang Magpapawid'' (''The Roofmaker''). After the "talkies" came to the Philippines, he directed '' Mahiwagang Biyolin'' (''The Magical Violin''), which is a semi-fantasy movie together with a new face, Manuel Conde, who would become a great actor. Conchu made one horror-flick, '' Sumpa ng Aswang'' (''Curse of the Devil'') with Monang Carvajal Monang Carvajal (born Patrocinio Tagaroma Carvajal; June 30, 1898 – 22 June 1980) was a Filipina film actress best known for her roles in thriller and horror movies. She was dubbed the "Queen of Horror Pictures." Biography Carvajal was bor ... and a nationalistic film, '' Hagase Tu Voluntad''. He specialized in directing dramas, from his first movie '' Hatol ng Langit'' (''Judged of Heaven'') to '' Awit ng Pag-ibig'' (''T ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agapito Gómez
Agapito Gómez Álvarez (born January 30, 1963) is a retired boxer from Spain, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Fighting in the light flyweight division (– 48 kg), he lost in the tournament's second round to Venezuela's Marcelino Bolivar. Olympic results *Defeated Mahjoub Mjirich (Morocco) 3-2 *Lost to Marcelino Bolivar Marcelino is a surname that originated in Spain. There are also several families with the Marcelino surname in Philippines, Portugal, and the Americas (North, Central, and South). * San Marcelino, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Zam ... (Venezuela) 2-3 References Spanish Olympic Committee * 1963 births Living people Flyweight boxers Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Spain Spanish male boxers {{Spain-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agapito Jiménez Zamora
Agapito Jiménez Zamora (May 24, 1817 – September 17, 1879) was a Costa Rican politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking .... He was an alternate member of the House of Representatives (1844–1846) and the Constituent Assembly of 1846–1847, deputy substitute for Carthage (1848–1849), Deputy owner by Carthage (1849–1852), Minister Conjuez of the Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica (1858–1859), alternate member for San José in the House of Representatives (1860–1862), he was first appointed to the Presidency (1863–1864), and was appointed a second time for the Presidency (1869–1870) and Governor of the Province of San José (May 1869). Vice presidents of Costa Rica 1817 births 1879 deaths Foreign ministers of Costa Rica {{CostaRica-poli ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agapito Lozada
Agapito Lozada (1938 – 29 July 2011) was a Filipino swimmer. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He competed in the Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay and Men's 200 metres Butterfly not making it past the heats. References External links * 1938 births 2011 deaths Filipino male swimmers Olympic swimmers of the Philippines Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1958 Asian Games People from Parañaque Asian Games silver medalists for the Philippines Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games 21st-century Filipino people 20th-century Filipino people {{Philippines-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agapito Mayor
Eleno Agapito Mayor Valenzuela (August 18, 1915 – April 18, 2005) was a Cuban professional baseball pitcher. Listed at 5' 11", 185 lb., he batted and threw left handed. Early life Born in Sagüa la Grande, Villa Clara Province, Mayor enjoyed a distinguished pitching career between 1938 and 1953. Even though he never reached the major league level, Mayor won more than 250 games while pitching in Cuban professional baseball, the Mexican League and Minor League Baseball, being also highly competitive while representing Cuba in international tournaments. Mayor was raised and grew up in Caibarién, another municipality of Villa Clara, where he started to play baseball at the school at age 12. Originally, he began playing at first base but was quickly turned into a pitcher by the school's coach. (Spanish) Following his graduation in 1933, he moved to Havana in search of better working conditions and remuneration. After that he focused in baseball and pitched for several in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agapito Sánchez
Agapito Sánchez (February 14, 1970 – November 14, 2005) was a boxer from the Dominican Republic, nicknamed "El Ciclón" and "Dirty Sanchez" (due to his constant application of unsportsmanlike tactics in the ring), in the Super Bantamweight weight class. He won 37 of his 50 fights, 18 by knockout. Pro career In 1995, Sanchez challenged WBO superbantemweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera but lost via a twelve-round unanimous decision. He also faced future champions Juan Manuel Márquez, Freddie Norwood, and Guty Espadas, Jr. but came up short in each bout. In 1998, Sanchez defeated future champion Óscar Larios via technical knockout. In 2001, he defeated Jorge Monsalvo Sánchez to win the vacant WBO Super Bantamweight title. In his next bout, he fought then two-division world champion Manny Pacquiao in an attempt to unify the IBF and WBO junior featherweight titles. The bout was stopped in the sixth round due to a cut over Pacquiao's right eye, caused by an accidental ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Julio García Agapito
Don Julio Gualberto García Agapito (c. February 1, 1964 – February 26, 2008) was a Peruvian environmentalist who was murdered on February 26, 2008 after reporting a shipment of illegally harvested mahogany in Peru. Don Julio was Lieutenant Governor of the town of Alerta in the Tahuamanu Province of Madre de Dios, Peru. Life Don Julio García was a Brazil nut producer and local leader in Alerta, Peru. He was born in Iberia, a small city to the north along the Interoceanic Highway in Madre de Dios, Peru. In 1984, he moved south to Alerta. He lived there with his wife and three young children. He was known as an energetic environmentalist An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with and/or advocates for the protection of the environment. An environmentalist can be considered a supporter of the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that se ... in the community. Murder of Don Julio On February 26, 2008, Don Julio reported the traffic ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lourdes Agapito
Lourdes de Agapito Vicente is the Professor of 3D Vision in the department of computer science at University College London (UCL) where she leads a research group with a focus on 3D dynamic scene understanding from video. Agapito is an elected member of the Executive Committee of the British Machine Vision Association. Furthermore, she is the co-founder of the software company Synthesia. Education and career Agapito received her Ph.D. degree in computer science from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain in 1996. She was a postdoctoral fellow in the Active Vision Lab in the Robotics Research Group at the University of Oxford from 1997 to 2000. She was awarded an EU Marie Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellowship between 1997 and 1999. In 2001, she became a lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, in 2007 a Senior Lecturer, and in 2011 a Reader in Computer Vision. In 2008, she received an ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant for the HUMANIS (Human Motion Analysis f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Oliver Agapito
Victor Oliver Agapito (born October 6, 1973) is a Filipino former professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He also briefly played in the Metropolitan Basketball Association The Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA), or Metroball, was a professional basketball league in the Philippines that ran from March 7, 1998, to July 26, 2002. History The MBA played its first game on March 7, 1998, at the Don Narciso Ramos .... References *Hardcourt: The Official Philippine Basketball Association Annual External linksOfficial website MYPBA.com *http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php/Philippine_Basketball_Association 1973 births Living people [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |