Papacy thumb|Mosaic of Saint Sebastian, added to San Pietro in Vincoli , and therefore contemporaneous with Agatho's reign Shortly after Agatho became pope, Bishop Wilfrid of York arrived in Rome to invoke the authority of the Holy See on his behalf. Wilfrid had been deposed from his see by Archbishop Theodore of Canterbury, who had carved up Wilfrid's diocese and appointed three bishops to govern the new sees. At a synod which Pope Agatho convoked in the Lateran to investigate the affair, it was decided that Wilfrid's diocese should indeed be divided, but that Wilfrid himself should name the bishops.Joseph Brusher, S.J., Popes Through the Ages .
Papacy thumb|Mosaic of Saint Sebastian added to San Pietro in Vincoli  and therefore contemporaneous with Agatho's reign Shortly after Agatho became pope Bishop Wilfrid of York arrived in Rome to invoke the authority of the Holy See on his behalf Wilfrid had been deposed from his see by Archbishop Theodore of Canterbury who had carved up Wilfrid's diocese and appointed three bishops to govern the new sees At a synod which Pope Agatho convoked in the Lateran to investigate the affair it was decided that Wilfrid's diocese should indeed be divided but that Wilfrid himself should name the bishopsJoseph Brusher SJ Popes Through the Ages 