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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Agathon, monk of Egypt, known from the Apophthegmata Patrum, possibly 4th c.

Saint ID

S02970

Reported Death Not Before

300

Reported Death Not After

500

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E06502The Latin Life of *Wandregisel (founder and abbot of Fontenelle, ob. 668, S02446) recounts the abbot's life, miracles and death; it survives in a near-contemporary manuscript. Written probably at Fontenelle (northern Gaul), 668/c.700