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𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲: 𝐀 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎 • 𝐒𝐭. 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨
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A Sicilian cleric, Pope/St. Agatho was born c. 577 and was elected to the Roman see in 678. He had been a monk before his election and was well-versed in Latin and Greek. Although the exarch of Ravenna, Theodore, desired independence from Rome, he eventually submitted to Agatho’s rule. In 678, Bishop Wilfrid of York, claiming he had been unjustly deposed, appealed to the pope, who ruled that Bishop Wilfrid should be returned immediately to his see. Concerned about the condition of the English church, Agatho sent an envoy to teach the Britons about chant and to report to him on the state of the church. The Sixth Ecumenical Council (680-681) accepted Agatho’s definitions of the two wills of Christ, although the pope did not attend the council. Agatho died during a plague in 681.
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𝘚𝘵. 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰, 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭. 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦’𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴.
𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯.
