E01364: The short Life of *Agapitus (bishop of Rome, ob. 536, S00811) in the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome soon after his death, mentions Agapitus' father, a presbyter of the church in Rome of *Iohannes and Paulus (brothers and eunuchs, martyrs of Rome under the emperor Julian, S00384); it concludes with Agapitus' death in Constantinople, the transfer of his body back to Rome, and its burial at the church of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), on 20 September [AD 536].

Liber Pontificalis 59

Agapitus, natione Romanus, ex patre Gordiano presbitero, clericus a sanctos Iohannem et Paulum, sedit mens. XI d. XVIII.

'Agapitus, born in Rome, son of the priest Gordianus, was a cleric from saints Iohannes and Paulus; he held the see 11 months 18 days.'

There follows an account of the journey made by Agapitus to Constantinople.

Post dies vero aliquantos egritudine commotus defunctus est Constantinopolim X kl. mai. Cuius corpus in loculum plumbeum translatum usque in basilicam beati Petri apostoli, ubi et sepultus est XII kl. octob.
 
'But a number of days later he was struck ill and died in Constantinople on 22 April. His body was transported in a lead coffin to St Peter’s and buried there on 20 September.'


Text: Duchesne 1886, 287-288. Translation: Davis 2010, 51-52, lightly modified.