Saint Agapius of Caesarea
Also known as
Agapio
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Arrested three times during the persecutions of Diocletian, but released each time. On his fourth arrest he was imprisoned for two years, then offered his freedom if he would renounce Christianity; he declined. Martyr.
Born
Caesarea, Palestine
Died
• c.306
• chained to a convicted murdered and mauled by animals in the public amphitheatre
• still refusing to deny his faith, he was mauled by a bear
• still refusing to deny his faith, he was weighted with stones and drowned
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