02 Works, Today, March 15th, is St. Agapius’s Day, With Footnotes — #73

Martyrs Agapius, Publius, Timolaus, Romulus, two named Dionysius, and two named Alexander, at Caesarea in Palestine

Agapius was a Christian martyr killed at Caesarea in AD 306. He is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. His martyrdom is recorded by Eusebius of Caesarea in his work The Martyrs of Palestine. Agapius was arrested in AD 304. He remained in prison for two years and was tortured on multiple occasions. He was brought out to the arena many times and presented to the judges. There he was threatened and reserved for later matches. The judges, Eusebius notes, must have been motivated either out of compassion or the hope that he might change his mind and renounce Christianity.