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Agathon
Egyptian monk
Feast: 2 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Abba Agathon was an Egyptian Christian monk and saint who lived around the 4th century in Scetis, Lower Egypt, and was known for his meekness and discernment. He was a disciple of Abba Lot and Abba Poemen and a contemporary of notable Desert Fathers Amun, Macarius, Joseph and Peter. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church on 2 March. Agathon was one of the Desert Fathers.
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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.
- santiebeati.it — Sant' Agatone d'Egitto — Egyptian desert hermit (Abba Agathon of Scetis); santiebeati gives his feast as 21 October, not the 2 March on the Wikidata item.
- Wikidata Q12748064 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Agathon of Scetis (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.