Agatho

Honored
Rank
Status
Saint
Birth
574
Death
681
Honored as

Magisterium
Pontificate
Also known as

Pope Agatho · St. Agathon · Saint Agathon · Sanctus Agatho PP. · Agaton · San Agatón · Taumaturgo · papa Agatone · Agathon · Agatón · Agatho

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Life

Pope Agatho (c. 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.

May Agatho intercede for us, and may we imitate today the holiness this Life has shown.

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