Agatho | |
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Bishop of Rome | |
![]() Pope Agatho depicted in the Menologion of Basil II (c. 1000 AD) | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Papacy began | 678 |
Papacy ended | 681 |
Predecessor | Donus |
Successor | Leo II |
Previous post(s) | Cardinal-Deacon (676–77) |
Orders | |
Created cardinal | 5 March 676 by Adeodatus II |
Personal details | |
Born | 577[1] Possibly Palermo, Eastern Roman Empire |
Died | 10 January 681[2] Rome, Exarchate of Ravenna, Eastern Roman Empire | (aged 103–104)
Sainthood | |
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Venerated in | |
Attributes | Holding a long cross |
Patronage | Palermo |
Pope Agatho (577 – 10 January 681) served as the bishop of Rome from 27 June 678 until his death.[3] He heard the appeal of Wilfrid of York, who had been displaced from his see by the division of the archdiocese ordered by Theodore of Canterbury. During Agatho's tenure, the Sixth Ecumenical Council was convened to deal with monothelitism. He is venerated as a saint by both the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. He is said to have been the longest lived Pope ever.[4]
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