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Agapitus of Palestrina
16 year old Christian Saint martyred in 274
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 18 August (1962 Missal) · not on the current Roman calendar
Born
201
Died
274
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Palestrina in Lazio, Saint Agapitus, martyr.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 18 August as a martyr at Palestrina.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 18 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q358474 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Agapitus of Palestrina (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.