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79th Roman Pontiff
St Agatho
AGATHO
Agatho
79th Successor of St Peter · 678–681 · Rome · b. Panormus, Sicily, Eastern Roman Empire
678
Elected
681
Reign ended
3 years
Length
7th
Century
The Life
(Eastern) Roman citizen. Was of Greek ethnicity. Feast day 10 January. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 20 February. Pope during the Third Council of Constantinople (680), the sixth ecumenical council accepted by the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
Portrait: Authors of Menologion of Basil II (circa 985 AC, Constantinople), Byzantine manuscript ill / Wikimedia Commons