Male name
When is Agapios’ name day?
Αγάπιος · Agapios
Main name day
Saint Agapius and the martyrs with him
The Greek name Αγάπιος (Agapios) is celebrated on 15 March.
Also celebrated
The saints behind the name day
- Holy Martyr Agapius and the seven martyrs with him4th centuryA Christian from Gaza who, together with seven other confessors, was beheaded at Caesarea in Palestine during Diocletian's persecution in the early 4th century.Agapius came from Gaza in Palestine and was martyred together with seven other Christians — Timolaus, two men named Dionysius, the subdeacon Romulus, Plesius, and two men named Alexander — during the persecution of Diocletian.Read more
- Saint Sophia and her daughters Faith, Hope and Love2nd centuryA mother and her three daughters martyred in Rome in the second century.Sophia, a devout widow, came from Rome with her three daughters, Faith, Hope and Love, names inspired by the verse of 1 Corinthians 13:13. According to tradition, the four women were denounced as Christians to Emperor Hadrian, who ordered their arrest.Read more
Variants and other forms
- In Latin letters
- Agapios
- English equivalents
- Agapius
- In Greek
- Αγάπιος