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Agathius
Christian saint
SaintFull write-upAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 8 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
300
Died
303
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Byzantium, Saint Agathius, soldier, 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 8 May as a soldier martyred at Byzantium.
Connected on this site
- Meletius of Antioch Saint Pupil
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 8 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3982149 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Agathius (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.