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Also known as

• Agapetus I

Memorial

• 22 April
• 20 September (date of internment in Saint Peter’s Basilica)

Profile

Son of a priest named Gordian; his father was murdered. Archdeacon of the priests of Rome, Italy. Elected pope when a very old man, he reigned for less than a year. Died while on a mission to prevent the invasion of Italy by Justinian. He failed in that, but succeeded in having the Monophysite Patriarch of Constantinople, Anthimus, replaced by the more orthodox Mennas.

Born

• in Rome, Italy

Papal Ascension

• 13 May 535

Died

• 22 April 536 in Constantinople of natural causes
• interred in Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

MLA Citation

• “Pope Saint Agapitus I“. CatholicSaints.Info. 5 June 2019. Web. 30 July 2021. <>