Pope Agatho

Pope Agatho (577 – 10 January 681) served as the bishop of Rome from 27 June 678 until his death on 10 January 681. He heard the appeal of Wilfrid of York, who had been displaced from his see by the division of the archdiocese ordered by Theodore of Canterbury. During Agatho's tenure, the Sixth Ecumenical Council was convened to deal with monothelitism. He is venerated as a saint by both the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. He is said to have been the longest lived pope ever.

Infobox

Church

Catholic Church

Papacy began

678

Papacy ended

10 January 681

Predecessor

Donus

Successor

Leo II

Cardinal-Deacon (676–77)

Created cardinal

5 March 676by Adeodatus II

Born

577Possibly Palermo, Sicily, Eastern Roman Empire

Died

10 January 681 (aged 103–104)Rome, Italy, Eastern Roman Empire

Feast day

mw- 10 January (Catholic Church20 February (Eastern Christianity - Additional commemoration)

Venerated in

Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox Church

Attributes

Holding a long cross

Patronage

Palermo

Tables

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Preceded byDonus

Catholic Church titles

Preceded byDonus

Catholic Church titles

Pope 678–681

Catholic Church titles

Succeeded byLeo II

Catholic Church titles
Preceded byDonus	Pope 678–681	Succeeded byLeo II

References

Encyclopedia Britannica
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Agatho
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The Pillar
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Butler, Alban. "St. Agatho, Pope", The Lives of the Saints, Vol. I, 1866. Butler spells the name of Agatho's predecesso
http://www.bartleby.com/210/1/102.html
Joseph Brusher, S.J., Popes Through the Ages Archived 6 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine.
http://www.cfpeople.org/Books/Pope/POPEp79.htm
A History of Christian Doctrine
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Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture
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aleteia.org
https://aleteia.org/2021/12/16/a-look-at-the-oldest-popes-of-history-including-francis/
Ott, Michael. "Pope St. Agatho." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 12 September
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01204c.htm
Oxford Reference
http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095355405
"The Great Synaxaristes of the Orthodox Church – February"
https://web.archive.org/web/20180628015650/http://www.holyapostlesconvent.org/hac-syn02.shtml