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ST AGAPITUS, MARTYR - 18th AUGUST
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1. St Agapitus suffered in his youth a cruel martyrdom at Praeneste, now called Palestrina, twenty-four miles from Rome, under Aurelian, about the year 275.
[He was first sent to die in the arena
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1. St Agapitus suffered in his youth a cruel martyrdom at Praeneste, now called Palestrina, twenty-four miles from Rome, under Aurelian, about the year 275.
[He was first sent to die in the arena
#StAgapitus #Christian #martyr #Aug18
2. but when the lions did not touch him, St Agapitus was beheaded.]
His name is famous in the sacramentaries of St Gelasius, and St Gregory the Great, and in the ancient calendars of the church of Rome. Two churches in Palestrina
His name is famous in the sacramentaries of St Gelasius, and St Gregory the Great, and in the ancient calendars of the church of Rome. Two churches in Palestrina
3. and others in other places are dedicated to God under his name. [St Agapitus is invoked against colicky pain.]
(from Fr Butler's "Lives of the Saints"; photo: St Agapitus in the arena among the wild beasts)
(from Fr Butler's "Lives of the Saints"; photo: St Agapitus in the arena among the wild beasts)
