
Pope · April 22
St. Agapetus I
Agapetus I was the bishop of Rome from 13 May 535 to his death on 22 April 536.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Pope · April 22
Agapetus I was the bishop of Rome from 13 May 535 to his death on 22 April 536.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Martyr · February 5
Agatha of Sicily is an early Christian virgin and martyr.
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Martyr · January 23
Saint Agathangelus of Rome , was a Roman deacon and disciple of Clement of Ancyra, was a martyr during the reign of emperor Diocletian.
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Pope · January 10
Agatho was bishop of Rome from 678 to 681, during the period of the Third Council of Constantinople.
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Monastic / Hermit · November 16
Agnes of Assisi was one of the founding members of the Poor Clares.
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Religious · April 20
Agnes of Montepulciano, OP was a Dominican prioress in medieval Tuscany who was known as a miracle worker during her lifetime.
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Martyr · January 21
Agnes of Rome was a Roman Christian adolescent who was executed for her faith in the 4th century.
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Religious · November 13
Agostina Livia Pietrantoni was an Italian religious sister of the Sisters of Divine Charity.
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Priest or Deacon · May 7
Agostino Roscelli was an Italian priest who inspired social change in Genoa, Italy for children and disadvantaged women.
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Martyr · July 22
Alberico Crescitelli, Chinese name Guo Xide, was an Italian Catholic priest and missionary to China. Born in Italy on 30 June 1863, Alberico Crescitelli entered the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions in 1880 and was ordained a priest on 4 June 1887.
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Priest or Deacon · August 7
Albert of Trapani was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Carmelites.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Bishop · September 17
Albert of Vercelli was a bishop and Latin patriarch of Jerusalem who gave the Carmelite hermits their rule of life.
Italy · Present-day geography
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