St. Agapitus
August 18
St. Agapitus was a fifteen year old boy who was caught up in the persecutions of the Christians in Antioch. According to his legend Agapitus, who may have been a member of the noble Anicia family of Palestrina, was condemned to death under the prefect Antiochus and the emperor Aurelian, for being a Christian. He was thrown to the wild animals in the local arena at Palestrina. The beasts refused to harm him, and he was beheaded. His feast is kept on August 18.
53