Agatho
pope
b. 574 · d. 10 Jan 681
79th Bishop of Rome (Pope) · 30 Jun 678–10 Jan 681
Offices
- Bishop of Rome (Pope) № 79 · 30 Jun 678 – 10 Jan 681
Pope Agatho served as the bishop of Rome from 27 June 678 until his death on 10 January 681. 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.
Related people
Events
Commemorated
Places
- Palermo birth
- St. Peter's Basilica burial
- Rome ministry
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Liber Pontificalis 1 claim — Liber Pontificalis, the life of Agatho
- The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) 1 claim — Third Council of Constantinople