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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Agapetos, bishop of Synaos and Cyzicus, ob. 4th c.

Saint ID

S02696

Number in BH

BHG 35

Reported Death Not Before

325

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
"Confessors", Miracle-workers in lifetime, Hermits/recluses, Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E07081The Greek Life of *Agapetos (bishop of Synaos/Synnada, ob. 4th c., S02696) recounts the life and manifold miracles of its hero, whom it portrays as a monastic, former Christian soldier, confessor of the persecution of Licinius, and bishop of Synaos (west central Asia Minor); several of the miracles recounted are very similar to accounts from lives of other 4th c. miracle-working bishops. Middle Byzantine in its extant form, the text is probably based on a late-antique model, written in Cyzicus or Synaos.