Agathius of Byzantium, also known as Agathonas, Achatius, or Saint Acacius according to Christian tradition, was a Cappadocian Greek centurion of the imperial army, martyred around 304. A church exist
The Martyrdom of Saint Agathius. 16th century work by an anonymous artist from Toledo.
Squillace is an ancient town and comune in the Province of Catanzaro, part of Calabria, Southern Italy.
Agathius
…date of his martyrdom is traditionally 8 May, when his feast was observed. It was later moved to 7 May. His relics were relocated c. 630 to a spring at Squillace, close by the Vivarium, the monastery founded in the previous century by Cassiodorus in the heel of Italy. He was known in Squillace as San Agario. A…