Agapitus I.

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Agapitus I (also Agapetus or Agapet ; * before 494 in Rome ; † April 22, 536 in Constantinople ) was bishop of Rome from May 13, 535 until his death and thus Pope .

Life

He was the son of presbyter Gordianus , who was slain by supporters of the antipope Laurentius during riots . Agapitus worked with Cassiodorus to establish a library of ecclesiastical authors in Rome in Greek and Latin , which Cassiodorus also helped with his project in Vivarium , where he translated the great Greek philosophers into Latin.

pontificate

In May 535 Agapitus succeeded Pope John II (533-535), with whom he served as archdeacon . The king of the Ostrogoths Theodahad (480-536) asked him to travel to Constantinople to pacify Emperor Justinian I (482-565) and from an invasion of Italy after the death of the Gothic queen Amalasuntha , († 535) that of the emperor was friendly to advise against. Sergios von Resaina accompanied him from Rome to Constantinople . Agapitus did not succeed in dissuading Justinian from his plan, but his stay led to a dispute with the patriarch Anthimos I (535-536), who was supported by the emperor's wife Theodora I (500-548) and unpopular with the oriental clergy Was a supporter of Monophysitism . This doctrine had been rejected in the Council of Chalcedon , and Agapitus managed to get the emperor's support for the deposition of Anthimos. He appointed and consecrated Menas as his successor. The Pope succeeded in consolidating the ecclesiastical alliance.

Agapitus died a short time later in Constantinople, he was buried in Rome in the grottoes under St. Peter's Basilica, inaugurated in 1626 by Pope Urban VIII (1623–1644) .

Adoration

His work led to a relaxation between the Western and Eastern churches and he is still venerated as a saint by the Orthodox , who set his feast day on April 17th and 22nd. His feast day in the Roman Catholic Church is April 22nd. Agapet I is represented in the papal robe and has the - albeit anachronistic - tiara and the cross staff (with three crossbars) as attributes .

literature

Web links

Commons : Agapitus I.  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gordiano. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed July 27, 2016.
  2. ^ Günter Ludwig : Cassiodor. About the origin of the occidental school. Frankfurt a. M. 1967, pp. 13 and 17
predecessor Office successor
John II Pope
535-536 		Silverius
personal data
SURNAME Agapitus I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Agapetus, Agapet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Pope
DATE OF BIRTH 5th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 536
Place of death Constantinople