Agapetus II, Pope

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• Agapetus I, Pope Saint — • Anti Arian, instrumental in deposing a Monophysite bishop who had moreover abandoned his see, d. 536 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pope St. Agapetus I —     Pope St. Agapetus I     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Agapetus I     (Also AGAPITUS.)     Reigned 535 536. Date of birth uncertain; died 22 April, 536. He was the son of Gordianus, a Roman priest who had been slain during the riots in… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pope Agapetus II —     Pope Agapetus II     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Agapetus II     A Roman by birth, elected to the papacy 10 May, 946; he reigned, not ingloriously, for ten years, during what has been termed the period of deepest humiliation for the papacy …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Agapetus — can be:* Agapetus (physician), an ancient Greek doctor * Pope Agapetus I * Pope Agapetus II * Agapetus of Seleucia, a fourth century metropolitan bishop of Seleucia ad Calycadnum. * Agapetus of Synada, a fourth century bishop. * Agapetus of… …   Wikipedia

• Agapetus II —     Pope Agapetus II     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Agapetus II     A Roman by birth, elected to the papacy 10 May, 946; he reigned, not ingloriously, for ten years, during what has been termed the period of deepest humiliation for the papacy …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pope Agapetus — may refer to:*Pope Agapetus I *Pope Agapetus II *Agapitus of Palestrina, martyr and saint *Felicissimus and Agapitus, martyrs *An early bishop of Ravenna …   Wikipedia

• Pope Vigilius —     Pope Vigilius     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Vigilius     Reigned 537 55, date of birth unknown; died at Syracuse, 7 June 555. He belonged to a distinguished Roman family; his father Johannes is called consul in the Liber pontificalis (ed …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pope John II — of Alexandria was the Coptic Pope from 505 to 516 .Infobox Pope English name=John II birth name=Mercurius term start=January 2 533 term end=May 8 535 predecessor=Boniface II successor=Agapetus I birth date=??? birthplace=Rome dead=dead|death date …   Wikipedia

• Pope St. Silverius —     Pope St. Silverius     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Silverius     (Reigned 536 37).     Dates of birth and death unknown. He was the son of Pope Hormisdas who had been married before becoming one of the higher clergy. Silverius entered… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Agapetus I —    Pope (q.v.) from 535 536 when Justinian I (q.v.) began his campaign to reconquer Italy from the Ostrogoths (qq.v.). Justinian s need of papal support allowed Agapetus a certain latitude in religious matters. When Agapetus arrived in… …   Historical dictionary of Byzantium