Saint Agapitus (other)
Saint Agapitus may refer to: *Agapitus of Palestrina, died c. 274 *Pope Agapetus I, died 536 *Agapetus of the Kiev Caves Agapetus of the Kiev Caves or Agapetus of Pechersk (Агапит Печерский in Russian, Агапіт Печерський in Ukrainian)(born ?? - died 1095), was an Orthodox Christian saint and doctor, as well as a monk in Kiev Pechersk L ...

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 ...
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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 ...
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