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Agatho <ref name="term_18397" />
<p> Pope, surnamed Thaumaturgus, on account of his pretended gift of working miracles. He was a native of Palermo, in Sicily. On the 27th of June, 678, he was elected pope on the death of Donus. He is remembered mainly for his efforts against the Monothelite heresy. [[Chiefly]] by his instrumentality the 6th and last Ecumenical [[Council]] was assembled in 680 at [[Constantinople]] against these opinions, to which he sent four legates; and at that council the doctrine sanctioned by [[Pope]] [[Honorius]] was renounced by Pope [[Agatho]] '''''—''''' infallibility against infallibility. He died January 10th, 682. His letters against the [[Monothelites]] are preserved in the records of the 6th council (Hardouin, Concilia, tom. 3). </p>

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<ref name="term_18397"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/agatho Agatho from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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