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Agapitus of Palestrina

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Martyrology. Based on doubts regarding the details of his martyrdom, some of which were related in earlier editions of the Roman Martyrology, editions from the end of the 20th century onward give only: "In Palestrina, Lazio, Saint Agapitus, martyr." Around the 5th century,
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in his honour on the supposed site of his martyrdom. His relics were kept in the basilica, and a cemetery grew around it. At some uncertain date, his relics were
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all octaves apart from those of Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost, including that of the Assumption. Accordingly, in the
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According to his legend, 16-year-old Agapitus, who may have been a member of the noble Anicia family of
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the celebration of Saint Agapitus appears as a commemoration in the ordinary weekday Mass.
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Statue of St Agapitus by Marco Antonio Prestinari (ca. 1605–1607) in Museo del Duomo, Milan
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to the present cathedral of Palestrina. Some of them were transferred to
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Agapitus is mentioned in the ancient martyrologies, including the
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Saint Andrew Daily Missal, with Vespers for Sundays and Feasts
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Saint Andrew Daily Missal, with Vespers for Sundays and Feasts
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Palestrina
Lazio
Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
shrine
Feast
Patronage
Palestrina
colic
Italian
martyr
saint
Roman Martyrology
Palestrina
Emperor
Aurelian
Christian
Palestrina
thrown to the wild beasts

Cathedral of San Agapito, Palestrina
Martyrologium Hieronymianum
Jerome
Fulda

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