Agape z Terni

Who they were

Agape is honoured at Terni in Umbria as one of its patrons. A tradition of doubtful authenticity says she lived there in the time of the martyred bishop St Valentine, gathered a kind of community of women under his direction, and was martyred soon after him.

Butler says that her mention in the Roman Martyrology does not do much to prove she existed, that no liturgical tradition supports it, and that she has probably been confused with other martyrs of the same name, perhaps one who suffered at Antioch.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.

Why that counted as sanctity

Honoured as a virgin martyr and patron of Terni.