(536-04-22)22 April 536 (aged 46) Constantinople, Eastern Roman Empire
Sainthood
Feast day
20 September (West) 17 April[1] (East)
Venerated in
Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church
Other popes named Agapetus
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 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 Menas 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.
^(in Greek) Άγιος Αγαπητός πάπας Ρώμης Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής
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accompanied PopeAgapetusI to Constantinople and was appointed apocrisiarius. As such, Pelagius acquired great influence with Emperor Justinian I. He returned...
great-great-grandfather to Pope Gregory I, and possibly related to PopeAgapetusI. It was also said that Felix appeared as an apparition to another of...
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in the papal library, which was established by PopeAgapetusI circa 535 (moved by future Pope Gregory I to his monastery on Caelian Hill and later the...
born to Syrian immigrants living in Sicily. One pope died in Asia: Pope AgapetusI (r. 535–536). All the apostles were Asians, and many of them lived and...
needed] While Vigilius was in Constantinople, PopeAgapetus died on 22 April 536, and Silverius was made pope through the influence of the king of the Goths...
believes that Mabillon confused Adrian III, who succeeded Marinus I, with Agapetus II, who succeeded Marinus II a century later. Adrian laboured hard...
palace built by Pope John VII atop the Palatine Hill in the ruins of the Domus Gaiana. He died in May 946 and was succeeded by Agapetus II. Because of...
captured Ravenna, after successful sieges of Naples and Rome. In 535–536, PopeAgapetusI was sent to Constantinople by Theodahad in order to request the removal...
their question was given by AgapetusI, as John II died on 8 May 535. He was buried in St Peter's Basilica. List of popes One or more of the preceding...
Romans, somewhere between the ages of 17 and 24. With the death of PopeAgapetus II in November 955, Octavian, who was the cardinal deacon of Santa Maria...
saints. Pope Marinus II did not canonize any saints. PopeAgapetus II did not canonize any saints. Pope John XII did not canonize any saints. Pope Benedict...
version of Agapitus. Notable people with the name include: Given name: PopeAgapetusI (490–536), Bishop of Rome, known as Agapetos in contemporary sources...
Claudius Basilica dei Santi Quattro Coronati Clivus Scauri Library of PopeAgapetusI Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo Sant'Andrea al Celio Church of...
terminal decline. The fame of this theological seminary was so great that PopeAgapetusI and Cassiodorus wished to found one in Italy of a similar kind. The...
sent to Rome by Ephrem, Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, and escorted PopeAgapetusI to Constantinople. There he died, the following year. Brock, Sebastian...
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