Monday, February 13, 2012

A Saint from the pages of the New Testament

St. Agabus

St. Agabus
St. Agabus
Feastday: February 13
Died: 1st Century

Martyr and one of the seventy-two disciples mentioned by St. Luke. He was a Jewish convert to the faith, noted as a prophet. Agabus predicted a famine in the Roman Empire and probably Paul's imprisonment. Agabus was unable to dissuade Paul from going to Jerusalem. The martyr died for the faith in the city of Antioch.

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