Agapius of Spain
Christian Saint martyred in 259
Feast: 29 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Agapius of Spain was a Christian martyr and most likely a bishop who died under the persecutions of the emperor Valerian in AD 259. According to tradition, he was a Spaniard, who along with some others was exiled by the Roman government to Africa. He was martyred along with several others at Cirta in 259.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
- Roman Martyrology, 30 April (SS Agapius and Secundinus, bishops and martyrs, at Cirta) — RM index: 'Agapius et Secundinus Episcopi et martyres, Cirthae in Numidia sub Valeriano' — the Spanish bishop exiled to Africa and martyred at Cirta in 259, exactly the man in this entry (kept at the end of April).
- Wikidata Q7400875 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Agapius of Spain (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.