Agapius may refer to:
*Agapius, traditionally one of the companions of
Aphrodisius
Aphrodisius (french: Saint Aphrodise, Afrodise, Aphrodyse, Aphrodite) is a saint associated with the diocese of Béziers, in Languedoc, Southern France.
According to Gregory of Tours, Aphrodisius was an Egyptian who was martyred in Languedoc ...
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Agapius of Spain Agapius of Spain was a Christian martyr
A martyr (, ''mártys'', "witness", or , ''marturia'', stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief ...
(died 259), Christian martyr, died at Citra
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Agapius of Palestine Agapius of Palestine ( el, Άγιος Ἀγάπιος, from the Greek αγάπη, love) was a Christian martyr from Gaza, beheaded along with seven others by order of Urban, governor of Palestine, in the year 303 or 304 under the Great Persecution ...
(died 303/304), Christian martyr, beheaded along with many others under Great Persecution of Diocletian
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Agapius of Edessa Agapius may refer to:
*Agapius, traditionally one of the companions of Aphrodisius
*Agapius of Spain (died 259), Christian martyr, died at Citra
*Agapius of Palestine (died 303/304), Christian martyr, beheaded along with many others under Great Per ...
(died 304), Christian martyr and one of three sons of St Bassa
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Agapius (died 306)
Agapius ( grc, Ἀγάπιος) was a Christian martyr killed at Caesarea in AD 306. He is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church. His martyrdom is recorded by Eusebius of Caesarea in his work '' The Martyrs of Palestine''.
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, a Christian martyr drowned at Caesarea
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Agapius of Caesarea
Agapius of Caesarea was bishop of Caesarea Maritima from 303 to c. 312. He may have baptized and trained Eusebius
Eusebius of Caesarea (; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος ; 260/265 – 30 May 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilus (from the ...
, Bishop of Caesarea (c. 303–c. 312), predecessor to Eusebius
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Agapius (soldier)
Agapius, Atticus, Carterius, Styriacus (Styrax, Istucarius), Tobias (Pactobius), Eudoxius, Nictopolion, and Companions are venerated as Christian martyrs.
They were soldiers who were burned at the stake at Sebaste in 315 AD, during the reign of ...
(died 315), Christian martyr and soldier, burned with Carterius and others in Armenia
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Agapius of Novara Agapius may refer to:
*Agapius, traditionally one of the companions of Aphrodisius
*Agapius of Spain (died 259), Christian martyr, died at Citra
*Agapius of Palestine (died 303/304), Christian martyr, beheaded along with many others under Great Per ...
(died 447), Bishop of Novara for over 30 years - see
Roman Catholic Diocese of Novara
The Diocese of Novara ( la, Dioecesis Novariensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vercelli.[Agapius (Manichaean) Agapius (or Agapios) was a philosopher associated with Manichaeism. He is believed to have lived in the fourth or fifth century.Obolensky, Dimitri. ''The Bogomils: a Study in Balkan Neo-Manichaeism''. Pages 25-26. Anthony C. Hall, 1972 (reprint)
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, 4th or 5th century Manichaean philosopher and possible disciple of Mani
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Agapius of Alexandria
Agapius ( grc, Ἀγάπιος) was an ancient physician of Alexandria, who taught and practiced medicine at Byzantium with great success and reputation, and acquired immense riches. Of his date it can only be determined, that he must have lived ...
, 5th century ancient physician from Alexandria
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Agapius of Athens Agapius ( el, Ἀγάπιος; 5th-6th century) was a Neoplatonist philosopher who lived in Athens. He was a notable philosopher in the Neoplatonist school in Athens when Marinus of Neapolis was scholarch after the death of Proclus (c. 485).Suda, ...
, 5th-6th century Neoplatonist philosopher from Athens
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Agapius of Hierapolis
Agapius of Hierapolis, also called Maḥbūb ibn Qusṭanṭīn; sometimes also called ''al-Rūmī al-Manbijī'' 'the Byzantine omanfrom Manbij' (died after 942), was a Melkite Christian historian and the bishop of Manbij. He wrote a universal hist ...
(died after 942), Arab Christian bishop of Manbij (Hierapolis) and historian
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Agapius of Galatista (1710–1752), saint and martyr
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